Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., Linda Griner earned recognition as one of the more lasting female soul vocalists to emerge from the 1960s, whether performing under her given name or the stage identity Lyn Roman. Her first Motown release appeared in 1963 under her birth name and drew little attention. Later that decade she resurfaced as Lyn Roman, now favoring a refined, jazz-tinged soul approach, and issued material on Dot and Columbia, again without commercial traction. In the early and middle 1970s she made a fresh bid for pop-soul recognition via the Brunswick single “Stop! I Don't Need No Sympathy,” yet remained overlooked despite her singular voice. No further recordings surfaced until the late 1980s, when she issued the album Wanted on Ichiban and scored an R&B hit with “Don't Look Back.” Throughout the 1990s she alternated between the names Lyn Roman and Linda Griner on new sessions. Her profile stayed especially high in England, where Kent Records and West Side have reissued and anthologized many of her strongest tracks.
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