Wendy Waldman is an American recording artist, as well as a writer of multi-platinum songs for other singers in musical genres ranging from country to pop, film, jazz, children's music and R&B. She is one of the first female record producers to have a major impact in the music industry. Her career in the music business started with her band, Bryndle, in the early 1970s in Los Angeles. Bryndle was made up of Wendy Waldman and her friends Karla Bonoff, Kenny Edwards, and Andrew Gold.
Her solo debut, Love Has Got Me, was released by Warner Bros. in 1973 and proclaimed by ROLLING STONE to be the "singer-songwriter debut of the year." She has made eight critically acclaimed LPs and toured extensively. In 1996, Warner Bros. released Love Is The Only Goal: The Best Of Wendy Waldman, followed in 2005 with the reissue of her entire catalog of Warner albums. More than 70 other artists have recorded her songs. Among her biggest records are "Save The Best For Last" by Vanessa Williams; "Fishin' In The Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (most recently covered by Garth Brooks); "I Owe You One" by Aaron Neville; "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson; "I'm Gone" by Alison Krauss.
Waldman became the first woman to produce country music extensively and was responsible for Suzy Bogguss' award-winning debut album, as well as New Grass Revival's Friday Night in America, considered a tour de force in the acoustic music world. In recent years she has focused on producing independent artists, among them John Cowan. Her most recent projects include alt. rock band Hypnogaja’s Acoustic Sunset and Thief Of Time, the new recording by the late Artie Traum. Wendy recently put the finishing touches on a brand new solo album entitled My Time In The Desert - her first in 18 years - and recently finished a music video for the set's first single, "My Last Thought.”
