Jazz vocalist René Croan was created and raised in Roanoke, VA and began her profession at age group 15 performing with the neighborhood R&B group the Randolph Brothers. Wedded while still in her teenagers, she reserve her musical dreams to spotlight raising a family group, waiting around until her youngest kid proceeded to go off to university before time for executing in 1996; shifting from R&B to jazz, Croan quickly graduated from little clubs towards the event circuit, and in 1998 she released her debut LP Renaissance.