Born in New Orleans and grown up in Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, Joan Orleans, daughter of a married couple of teachers, spent her youth in the USA. In New Orleans, where the Blues and the grand Gospel singings are rooted in deeply, she started her career as a vocalist. \r Discovered and brought forward by her uncle, a banjo player from the French Quarter in New Orleans, music remained just her hobby. After her graduation from high school, Joan Orleans studied arts an dramatics at the Southern\r University of Baton Rouge. Having finished her studies the singer met her luxembourgian husband and manager Marcel Schmitt, along with whom she relocated to europe.\r The Soul-Lady become known in germany in a flash through the TV show "Bio's Bahnhof". Alfred Biolek at once recognized the entertainer's exceeding voice volume and promtly engaged her. Subsequently Joan Orleans was able to give proof of her incomparable musicality in numerous TV performances.