You can keep up with Moten’s career by following her on Instagram and TikTok. As he told her after her Top 20 performance earlier this season, “There is nobody that I want this more for, ever, than you. The singer has the support of her coach Blake Shelton as she goes further in the competition. She’s also a member of the Western swing band the Time Jumpers, which performs at the bar 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville. Manufactured by EMI Catalog.From Album ' Time for Ch. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Timeless: Wendy Moten Sings Richard Whiting. Listen to Dont Give Up - Single by Wendy Moten on Apple Music. Wendy made her debut at the Grande Ole Opry in 2019 and has played there several more times. 1995 Toshiba EMI Ltd.All rights reserved. Listen to Dont Give Up - Single by Wendy Moten on Apple Music. I’ve had a very unconventional music career.” “And it ends here in Nashville, and those doors opened. “It just started as a child watching that television show and loving all styles of music and being influenced by many styles of music,” she said in an interview. Wendy’s love of country music started when she watched the show Hee Haw growing up. It includes covers of songs such as “Faithless Love” by Linda Ronstadt and “Each Season Changes You,” famously sung by Dolly Parton. In addition to performing with various country stars, Wendy released her very own country album, called I’ve Got You Covered, last year. It was her first for six years and the voice is still recognisable.SEE ALSO: NASHVILLE ARTIST WENDY MOTEN JOINS ‘THE VOICE’ FRESH OFF THE GRAND OLE OPRY STAGE Wendy’s Country Talent Brought Her to the Grand Ole Opry In 2020, Wendy released a new album, “ I’ve Got You Covered“, with more than a nod to Country music. Wendy has also toured with Soul II Soul and sang backing vocals on Bonnie Tyler’s ‘comeback’ album “Rocks And Honey” in 2013, which included her Eurovision Song Contest entry “Believe In Me”. Her third album “Life’s What You Make It” was released in 1996 and made No.67 in Japan, despite the title track giving Wendy her third number one single there! Since then she has released the holiday album “Tis The Season” in 2009 and “Timeless” in 2014, a collection of songs from American Jazz composer Richard Whiting. She contributed the song “Whatever You Imagine” for the 1994 film ‘The Pagemaster’ and the following year released a Christmas EP “Christmas Time” featuring her version of the classic “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” as well as her two hits “Come In Out Of The Rain” and “So Close To Love” for good measure! Aside from her own career, Moten has worked as a backing and session singer for many other artists including Regina Belle, Peabo Bryson, Keith Washington, Michael McDonald and John Oates of Hall & Oates. This was followed by the single “So Close To Love” which reached No.35 in the UK.īy now the album was two years old and Wendy has already begun writing and recording her follow up “Time For Change”, which was released in February 1995 and reached No.18 in Japan where she gained a second No.1 with “Change Of Heart” and a No.2 with “Your Love Is All I Know”. Once the song had hit the UK charts, the album was release there in February 1994 and made it to No.42. “Wendy Moten” was a blink-and-you-miss-it chart entry Stateside although it did better in Japan after “Come In Out Of The Rain” went to number one. Self titled, it was released in August 1992 and was preceded by the single “Step By Step” which made No.66 on the US R&B chart but didn’t do much else beyond that. She got her big profession break singing with Michael Bolton at a benefit concert at the beginning of the 1990’s and was quickly snapped up by EMI Manhattan Records and work began furiously on her debut album. Wendy was born in 1965 and had sung in church choirs as a young girl. It wasn’t until January 1994 that it saw release in the United Kingdom and it hurled up the chart, peaking at No.8 and spending seven weeks in the top 40 there. It did however top the Japanese singles chart and did a little better ‘down under’ reaching No.52 in Australia. Memphis born singer Wendy Moten released this outstanding track in late 1992, surprisingly it was only a minor hit in her home country, where it made No.55. So let the rain come down” Epic, power ballad lyrics from the middle eight of this early 90’s smash hit. Remember that one? So what happened to Wendy Moten? “Some people spend a lifetime Happiness and joy she brings, when you call her name, coming out of the rain.
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