Maxine Weldon

{{short description|American soul and jazz singer}}

Maxine Weldon is an American soul and jazz singer. She is also an actress and live performer. Her brother was actor/director Charles Weldon and one of her sisters is actress/singer Ann Weldon.{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Charles Weldon, Who Led the Negro Ensemble Company, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/obituaries/charles-weldon-dead.html |accessdate=16 January 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 20, 2018 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20181221190836/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/obituaries/charles-weldon-dead.html |archivedate=21 December 2018 |location=New York, New York City}}

Weldon recorded two albums in 1970–71, with members of The Jazz Crusaders playing as session musicians on the recordings.[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p42346|pure_url=yes}} Maxine Weldon] at AllMusic She followed these with Some Singin in 1974, which became her best-selling record, reaching #48 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. Her last album was issued in 1975. In the 1980s and 1990s, she performed frequently but did not record; in 1995–1997 she performed in the Broadway production of Black and Blue and later in the 1990s toured with Linda Hopkins.