1. Wendy Moten was born on November 22,1964 and is an American jazz singer.
17 Facts About Wendy Moten
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Wendy Moten finished as the runner-up on the show, but her career was buoyed by the national exposure.
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Wendy Moten is best known for the single "Come In Out of the Rain", which was a No 8 hit in the UK in February 1994.
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The daughter of a pastor, Wendy Moten, who is of African American heritage, began singing in a church choir as a child.
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Wendy Moten attended Overton High School in Memphis and sang in the Overton Choir under the direction of the late Lulah M Hedgeman.
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Wendy Moten won a Mid-South Fair singing competition at age 16, and got a job singing at a theme park.
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Wendy Moten attended Memphis State University as a music business major at the Rudi E Scheidt School of Music.
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Wendy Moten got her first break singing with Michael Bolton at a benefit concert; after signing with EMI, in 1992 she released her self-titled debut album and opened for Bolton on tour.
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Wendy Moten had a starring role in an off-Broadway production, "Mama I Want to Sing".
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Wendy Moten landed a feature song "Whatever You Imagine" in children's movie The Pagemaster starring Macaulay Culkin in 1994.
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In 2006, Wendy Moten sang back-up vocals on the Soul2Soul II Tour with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
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Wendy Moten contributed backing vocals to Bonnie Tyler's 2013 album Rocks and Honey.
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Wendy Moten was a harmony singer for Vince Gill and was a member of his Time Jumpers for several years, but in 2020, Gill took her on tour as a featured vocalist.
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Wendy Moten said that in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the touring business and live music venues, she found her career to be at a critical juncture.
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Wendy Moten was not sure that her lucrative work as a backup singer on high-profile tours would be still be in existence.
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Wendy Moten competed in the 21st season of The Voice and finished as the runner-up of the season.
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Wendy Moten was told at a Burbank hospital that it would require surgery, but she was determined to remain on the show for 3 more episodes and then had surgery to repair the fracture with titanium plates.