Wendy Oldfield

Infobox musical artist
Name = Wendy Oldfield

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Years_active = 1983–present
URL = [http://www.wendyoldfield.co.za/ www.wendyoldfield.co.za]
Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1964|2|24
Cape Town, South Africa
Instrument = Vocals, percussion
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician

Wendy Oldfield is a South African singer and mother of three. She was born on February 24 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa. At the age of nineteen she formed the rock group "The Sweatband", and in 1999-2001 she was involved with the band Mondetta. She is the winner of several music awards, and currently lives in Wilderness, Western Cape, SA.

Career

In 1983 Wendy was involved in the forming of Sweatband, a South African music group. She was the lead vocalist of the band, and released two albums. [cite web|url=http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=6365|title=Ms Wendy OLDFIELD|publisher=24.com|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-27] In 1988, five years after the formation of the band , Wendy left the group and started her own solo career inthe music industry.

Wendy first rose to fame with the release of her debut album "Beautiful World". This album won her the 1992 Oktave award for Best Female Vocalist. Her song "Miracle" was nominated for Song of the Year.

In 1998 Wendy released her album "Duwayo", and was nominated for a First National Bank Producer of the Year award. In 1999 she released the fourth album of her solo career, "On a Pale Blue Dot", for which she won the FNB Pop Album of the Year award. She was also nominated for Best Female Vocalist. [cite web|url=http://www.wendyoldfield.co.za/|title=Biography|last=Oldfield|first=Wendy|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-27]

For a short while Wendy was involved with the band Mondetta (1999-2001), before releasing her fifth album "Holy Water". At the ninth official South African Music Awards she received a nomination for the Best of Adult Contemporary award.

Discography

Albums

*1992 - "Beautiful World"
*1996 - "Ruby"
*1998 - "Duwayo"
*1999 - "On a Pale Blue Dot"
*2002 - "Holy Water"

Singles

References

External links

* [http://www.wendyoldfield.co.za Wendy Oldfield Official Website]

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