Wendy Saddington | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Wendy June Saddington |
Also known as | Gandharvika Dasi |
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 26 September 1949
Died | 21 June 2013 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 63)
Genres | Blues, soul, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, music journalist |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1967–2013 |
Labels | Festival |
Wendy June Saddington (26 September 1949 – 21 June 2013), also known as Gandharvika Dasi, was an Australian blues, soul and jazz singer, and was in the bands Chain, Copperwine and the Wendy Saddington Band. She wrote for teen pop newspaper Go-Set from September 1969 to September 1970 as an agony aunt in her weekly "Takes Care of Business" column, and as a feature writer. Saddington had Top 30 chart success with her 1972 solo single "Looking Through a Window", which was written and produced by Billy Thorpe and Warren Morgan of the Aztecs. After adopting Krishna Consciousness in the 1970s she took the name Gandharvika Dasi. In March 2013 she was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and died in June, aged 63.