- Susannah Melvoin
Susannah Melvoin (born
January 26 ,1964 ) is an Americanvocalist ,songwriter andactress who got her start working with Prince in the mid-1980s during twin sister Wendy's stint with The Revolution. During this period, she also dated Prince and was tapped to be co-lead vocalist of Prince's side project The Family. She has subsequently worked as a background vocalist for such artists asRoger Waters ,Eric Clapton andMike Oldfield among others.As a songwriter, she has co-written songs performed by Madonna, Eric Clapton, Prince and husband
Doyle Bramhall II who was a founding member ofArc Angels withCharlie Sexton and members of Stevie Ray Vaughan's rhythm section. She has also performed in small or cameo roles in three small-budgetfilm s, including "Skin & Bone " and "Luster". As a singer, she performed back up vocals on Prince's 1986 singleAnotherloverholenyohead .Coming from a musical family, Melvoin is sister to the late
Smashing Pumpkins touringkeyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and daughter tojazz pianist (and formerNARAS president)Michael Melvoin .In 2007, The Family reunited to record a new CD.
Melvoin is married to guitarist
Doyle Bramhall II .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578539/ Susannah Melvoin] at
Internet Movie Database
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