Person in history
Jesse Colin Young
Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (born 1941)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2025 · March 16
Their story
Who they were
Perry Miller, known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, was an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972, Young embarked on a solo career, releasing a series of albums through Warner Bros. Records, including Song for Juli (1973), Light Shine (1974), Songbird (1975), and the live album On the Road (1976). Young continued to release music in the 1980s with Elektra Records and Cypress Records,
Early life
Early life Perry Miller was born on November 22, 1941, and raised in Queens , New York, [ 1 ] to musical parents both originally from Lynn, Massachusetts . [ 2 ] His mother, Doryce (Van Sciver), was a violinist and singer with perfect pitch, while his father, Fredrick Miller, was a Harvard -educated accountant. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Both of his parents had a passion for classical music and he learned piano from a young age. [ 4 ] In 1959,
Why this date
Jesse Colin Young appears on our March 16 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.
Sources
Cite this page
“Jesse Colin Young”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/jesse-colin-young, accessed October 25, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Jesse Colin Young
When did Jesse Colin Young die?
March 16 2025.
Who else was born on this day?
The date page lists everyone we hold for that calendar day.
Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.