Kathleen Wakefield

Kathleen Wakefield
Born	Northeast Arizona, United States
Genres	Pop, R&B, Jazz, Soul
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, Lyricist, Author
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Motown, A&M Records, Warner/Chappell Music, EMI, Sony Music
Website	Official website

Kathleen Wakefield (aka Kathy Wakefield) is an American songwriter, singer and fiction author known for co-writing The Supremes' hit single "Nathan Jones" that was released by Motown and used as a soundtrack for the film Rain Man and for co-writing the Grammy-winning song "One Hundred Ways."

Wakefield grew up in the Seattle area and attended the University of Washington. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Seattle after living part-time in London.

She began her musical career singing in the 1960s with Dotty Harmony, performing as Dotty and Kathy. They released the pop single "The Prince Of My Dreams," which was written by David Gates. Her first song, "Stand Tall," was co-written with Dotty Harmony and recorded by The O'Jays.

In 1970, Wakefield co-wrote the song "Feelin' Kinda Sunday" with Nino Tempo and Annette Tucker, which was recorded as a single by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy. She also co-wrote "There Will Come a Day" with Mike and Brenda Sutton and recorded by Smokey Robinson.

With Leonard Caston, she wrote The Four Tops' 1972 single "I Can't Quit Your Love." In 1973, she created the song "Darling Come Back Home" with Frank Wilson and King Errisson and produced by Wilson and Leonard Caston for Motown's Eddie Kendricks album.

In 1983, she co-wrote with Michael Jackson and Paul Anka the unreleased song “Love Never Felt So Good." It was released in 1984 by Johnny Mathis. The original demo version was leaked onto the Internet in 2006 as one of Jackson's unreleased songs. She and Jackie Jackson co-wrote "Torture," with lead vocals performed by Jermaine and Michael Jackson and released in 1984.

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