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Wendy Waldman

real name Wendy Steiner

Los Angeles, United States · b. 1950-11-29

Wendy Waldman is credited on 1,328 releases across 419 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,328

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419

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583

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American singer - songwriter and musician. Born Nov. 29, 1950.
In 1973, two of her songs appeared on an album by Maria Muldaur. Since that time, more than 150 songs written or co-written by Wendy have been recorded by others, including the Grammy award winning, "Save The Best For Last."
More than 70 other artists have recorded Wendy Waldman's songs in fields as diverse as pop, R&B, jazz, country, film, Latin and cowboy music. Among her biggest records are "Save The Best For Last" and "The Sweetest Days" by Vanessa Williams; "Fishin' In The Dark" and "Home Again In My Heart" by Dirt Band; "Baby What About You" by Crystal Gayle; "I Owe You One" by Aaron Neville; "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson, and "I'm Gone" by Alison Krauss. Most recently, "Fishin In The Dark," released on Garth Brooks' new box set.
Her songs have also been recorded by Maria Muldaur, Robert Smith of The Cure, Linda Ronstadt, Kim Carnes, CeCe Winans, New Grass Revival, Randy Travis, Randy Meisner, Edgar Winter, Jesse Colin Young, Percy Sledge, Kenny Rogers, Judy Collins, Melissa Manchester, Rita Coolidge and Bette Midler to name just a few. Wendy Waldman was born on November 29, 1950 in Los Angeles, California as Wendy Steiner.

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