Valerie Carter has been played on NTS shows including Launette's Hour , with City Lights first played on 21 February 2016.

Valerie Carter (Valerie Gail Zakian Carter, February 5, 1953 – March 3, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter.

Carter is perhaps best known as a back-up vocalist who has recorded and performed with a number of singers including Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, Christopher Cross and, most notably, James Taylor.

While she may be known for her cover version of The Five Stairsteps' "Ooh Child" featured at the end of the 1979 film Over the Edge, Carter is also a respected songwriter, having written songs for…