Jesse Colin Young is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group The Youngbloods. Young was born Perry Miller on November 22, 1941 and raised in Queens, New York. His mother was a violinist, and his father was an accountant with a strong interest in classical music. When he was 15 years old, Young received a scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He was later expelled from the school.

During the 1960s, while living in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, Young released two solo albums, The Soul of a City Boy and Young Blood. He then formed the group the Youngbloods with guitarist Jerry Corbitt, keyboardist and guitarist Lowell “Banana” Levinger, and drummer Joe Bauer. The group’s first album contained the song “Get Together“, written by Chet Powers, which was re-released as a single in 1969. Young and his band founded Raccoon Records and released four additional albums on that label.

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