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Gwen Guthrie

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Also known as Gwendolyn Guthrie

American singer-songwriter

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Vinony's link graph records 163 inbound references to Gwen Guthrie, and connects out to AllMusic, Warner Records Inc. and Dance Club Songs.

Vinony files it under 1950 births, 1999 deaths and 20th-century African-American women singers.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1950
Active to
1999

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
129,656
Total plays
752,244

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Gwen Guthrie (July 14 (some sources say July 9) 1950 – February 3, 1999) was an American singer and songwriter, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, Gary Glitter and Roberta Flack. Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma and raised in Newark, New Jersey. In school, she studied classical music, and her father began teaching her piano when she was eight years old. <a href="https://www.l

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Gwen
Family name
Guthrie
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Newark
Place of death
Orange
Genre
soul
Instrument
voice
Record label
Island Records
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date of birth
1950-07-09
date of death
1999-02-03
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
uterine cancer
start of work period
1974-00-00
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