Karen Black

Best known as one of the New Hollywood scene's leading actors and as an icon of horror and B-movies in the '90s and 2000s, Karen Black was also a gifted singer/songwriter. She sang in several of her films, including Robert Altman's 1975 classic Nashville, where she performed songs she wrote herself, and 1997's Dogtown. During the '70s, Black also appeared on variety shows hosted by Bobby Vinton and Dolly Parton, singing her own material; decades later, she performed with L7 and collaborated with Cass McCombs. At the peak of her mainstream popularity in the early to mid-'70s, s...