Jeanette Marie Hawes
Writer, Mother, and Musician in Los Angeles, CA
Grammy Award and American Music Awards winner, Jeanette Marie Hawes is one of the original members of the world-renowned Emotions singing group. She began singing with her two sisters as the Hutchinson Sunbeams at a very early age. The Emotions are recognized as one of the premier singing groups in American history, with numerous awards worldwide. Jeanette is also a songwriter, actor, and author. She is the mother of three children.
Born and raised in Chicago, she moved to Los Angeles in 1977 during the peak of the Emotions’ stellar recording career. Throughout the eighties and nineties, the Hutchinson sisters toured the world headlining live concerts. Their career includes the development of a stage musical about their lives. The musical, entitled Bigger Than Bubble Gum chronicled the career highlights of the Emotions, which they performed six weeks at the Pasadena Playhouse Theater in June 1997.
As part of the Emotions, Jeanette is a recipient of many awards including 1995 NAACP Legend Award and 2001 Rhythm and Blues Pioneer Awards. The group garnered seven platinum albums over the course of an outstanding recording career that continues to be heard even today in the twenty-first century.
In November 2000 Jeanette began her career with the Music Center, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles. Presently is an Associate Producer of the Music Center’s Spotlight program. This opportunity with the Music Center seems to have been tailor made for the multi-faceted baby boomer.
Jeanette has never abandoned her creative talents as an actor/singer. Accepting roles that challenge her to grow as a theatrical artist and to use her creative gifts, she has performed in four plays in Los Angeles since July 2000. Notably, the March, 2002 edition of Back Stage West reviewed her singing role in The Ninth Step by saying “[Jeanette Hawes,] as mama, treats us to her heavenly voice….”
Jeanette is also the author of “Meet The Emotions” a book about her life with her sisters and a Christian music disc entitled“No Regrets “