About Wendy Saddington
Lived 1949 – 2013 (aged 63). Wendy Saddington was an Australian singer, jazz musician, music journalism and singing.
Wendy June Saddington (26 September 194921 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.
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Who was Wendy Saddington?
Australian singer, journalist (1949–2013)
When was Wendy Saddington born?
Wendy Saddington was born on 26 September 1949 in Melbourne.
When did Wendy Saddington die?
Wendy Saddington died on 21 June 2013 in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia).
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Wendy Saddington was a singer, jazz musician, music journalism and singing.
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Wendy Saddington was Australian.
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