<sod>While with Cadet, she was contacted by [[Motown]] songwriter [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], with a song he had co-written, "[[For Once in My Life]]".  She recorded the song, with arrangement by Bart Keyes and production by [[Esmond Edwards]]. The single was issued by Cadet in October 1966, became a local hit, and has been described as "a beauty, capped by soaring modulations that glimmer with the hopefulness of love".<ref name=freeland/>  However, on hearing it and discovering that Miller was the co-writer, [[Berry Gordy]] asked Chess not to promote it,<ref name=mnblues/> and had the song recorded by, first, [[Barbara McNair]], and later [[Stevie Wonder]] whose recording became a worldwide hit.<ref name=lifetime/><ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jean-dushon-mn0001734619 Biography by Andrew Hamilton at Allmusic.com]. Retrieved 25 November 2013</ref> After one further single, DuShon then left Chess, and did not record subsequently.  She later said of the failure of "For Once In My Life":<ref name=freeland>[http://www.americansongwriter.com/2007/05/behind-the-song-for-once-in-my-life/  David Freeland, "Behind The Song: “For Once in My Life”, ''American Songwriter'', 1 May 2007]. Retrieved 25 November 2013</ref><blockquote>"It was a very big disappointment in my life.  I stopped singing it ‘cause I didn’t have the song. I didn’t have anything. It wasn’t mine anymore."</blockquote>   <eod>
<sod>While with Cadet, she was contacted by [[Motown]] songwriter [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], with a song he had co-written, "[[For Once in My Life]]".  She recorded the song, with arrangement by Bart Keyes and production by [[Esmond Edwards]]. The single was issued by Cadet in October 1966, became a local hit, and has been described as "a beauty, capped by soaring modulations that glimmer with the hopefulness of love".<ref name=freeland/>  However, on hearing it and discovering that Miller was the co-writer, [[Berry Gordy]] asked Chess not to promote it,<ref name=mnblues/> and had the song recorded by, first, [[Barbara McNair]], and later [[Stevie Wonder]] whose recording became a worldwide hit.<ref name=lifetime/><ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jean-dushon-mn0001734619 Biography by Andrew Hamilton at Allmusic.com]. Retrieved 25 November 2013</ref> After one further single, DuShon then left Chess and did not record subsequently.  She later said of the failure of "For Once In My Life":<blockquote>It was a very big disappointment in my life.  I stopped singing it 'cause I didn’t have the song. I didn’t have anything. It wasn’t mine anymore.<ref name=freeland>[http://www.americansongwriter.com/2007/05/behind-the-song-for-once-in-my-life/  David Freeland, "Behind The Song: “For Once in My Life”, ''American Songwriter'', 1 May 2007]. Retrieved 25 November 2013</ref></blockquote>   <eod>