animated Halloween special The Devil and Daniel Mouse produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana. She was credited under the pseudonym Laurel Runn, likely inspired by living in Laurel Canyon at the time. She sang several songs in the special, including a duet with singer John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful fame. The following year, in 1979, her cover of "O-o-h Child" was featured in Matt Dillon's film debut in Over the Edge. In 2018, her sister Jan Carter and her friend Kathy Kurasch assembled The Lost Tapes; the first posthumous stand-alone album of previously unreleased material by Carter. It includes unreleased tracks recorded during her career including "I Got Over It", co-written by Prince. Personal life and death In the issue of Billboard on December 11, 1999, a marriage was announced between Carter and Seth Katz, a television executive with Sony, taking place on November 26, 1999, in Montclair, New Jersey. In August and October 2009, Carter was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida, for possession of drugs. She completed all of the court's requirements on May 25, 2011. American singer-songwriter James Taylor appeared at her drug court graduation ceremonies in a congratulatory effort on behalf of all of the graduates. Carter died of a heart attack on March 4, 2017, at the age of 64. The song "Valerie", recorded by Steve Winwood, was reportedly about her, as was Jackson Browne's song "That Girl Could Sing". Discography Collaboration albums Howdy Moon (1974) Studio albums Just a Stone's Throw Away (1977) Wild Child (1978) The Way It Is (1996; reissued 2006) Find a River (1998; EP) Midnight Over Honey River (2003) The Lost Tapes (2018) Valerie Carter with Yoshiyuki Sahashi – Live in Tokyo, 1994 (2020) Compilation albums Ooh Child: The Columbia Years (2019) Vanilla Grits (2001) Guest appearances Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart (1991) Al Kooper – Championship Wrestling (1982) Anna Vissi – Everything I Am (2001) Anne Murray – Anne Murray (1996) Arnold McCuller – Circa 1990 (2003) Aselin Debison – Sweet Is the Melody (2002) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1980) Curtis Stigers – Brighter Days (1999) Diana Ross – Force Behind the Power (1991) Don Grusin – 10k-La (1980) Don Henley: The End of the Innocence (1989) Inside Job (2000) Eddie Money – Playing for Keeps (1980) Eric Carmen – Change of Heart (1978) Freebo – End of the Beginning (1999) Glenn Frey – Strange Weather (1992)