René Marie
 René Marie (born René Marie Stevens on November 7 1955 in Warrenton Virginia) is a songwriter and jazz vocalist. She began her professional music career at age 42. In 1999 she performed at Blues Alley in Washington D.C. and signed a contract with the St. Louis-based Maxjazz label. She released four albums on the label the second of which (Vertigo) was awarded a coronet ranking by The Penguin Guide to Jazz a distinction given to less than 85 other recordings in jazz history.