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Wendy Melvoin. Music Department: Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin was born on 26 January 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a composer and actress, known for Purple Rain (1984), Dangerous Minds (1995) and Volcano (1997).
Susannah Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American vocalist and songwriter.Melvoin is best known for her association with Prince in the mid-1980s. Melvoin comes from a musical family and is the twin sister of musician Wendy Melvoin, sister of Jonathan Melvoin (former touring keyboardist with the Smashing Pumpkins), and daughter of jazz pianist (and former NARAS president) Michael Melvoin.
Melvoin performed with many punk bands in the 1990s, such as the Dickies.He was also a member of the Family, a Prince side project band that produced the original recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U", "Screams of Passion" and "Mutiny", and made musical contributions to many Wendy & Lisa projects, as well as to Prince and the Revolution's 1985 album Around the World in a Day.
May 3, 2017 · Wendy Melvoin tells the story of how Prince hired her after hearing her play in a hotel room while she followed the band around on tour. From VOLUME Presents...
Wendy Melvoin (2006) Wendy Ann Melvoin (* 26.Januar 1964, Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Gitarristin und Singer-Songwriterin.Internationale Bekanntheit erlangte sie durch die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Musiker Prince und war 1983 bis 1986 Mitglied in dessen Begleitband The Revolution. 1985 wurde sie mit zwei Grammys für ihre Beteiligung an dem Album Purple Rain und dem ...
As a guitarist backing Prince on the world-dominant Purple Rain along with Parade and Around The World In A Day, Wendy Melvoin helped crystallize a musical vision known as The Revolution. Melvoin’s collaborations helped unveil Prince’s world view of humanity using a tight, funkalicious rock band that blended gender, race, and sexual identities.
Wendy Ann Melvoin is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band the Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy & Lisa.
