Karyn Rochelle

Karyn Rochelle (born in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American country music songwriter and vocalist. As a songwriter, she has written or co-written songs which became hits for Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Ronnie Milsap, Sunny Sweeney, and, moving outside of her primary genre into R&B, Kenny G.

Early life Rochelle's love of music was shared with and encouraged by her mother, a country music singer in a band who would invite Rochelle to join her. Musical influences in her early life included Debbie Gibson, Suzy Bogguss, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Career Once in Nashville, Rochelle was advised by another songwriter to pursue demo singing, cutting tracks to help songwriters (including herself) illustrate to artists how a song is meant to sound. George Jones was the first to release a single Rochelle had co-written, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Ronnie Milsap, Sunny Sweeney, and Kenny G, with songs such as "Red High Heels" and "Georgia Rain." In 2014 she released a self-titled solo album, which she followed up that same year with a Christmas album and, in 2018, with the album Pretty Mess.