Patricia Carey

About

Former mezzo-soprano with the New York City Opera and a freelance vocal coach who is most well known for being the mother of Mariah Carey. In 1977 she recorded the album "To Start Again". She died on the same day that her daughter Alison died. 

Before Fame

She attended the Julliard School in New York City.

Trivia

On Mariah Carey's 2010 Christmas album, she and her mother collaborated on the song "O Come All Ye Faithful".

Family Life

She and her husband Alfred Carey were subject to racism and violence due to their mixed-race marriage, which caused them to get divorced in 1973.

Associated With

She is most commonly associated with her daughter Mariah Carey and former son-in-law Nick Cannon.