Wine was born in
Washington Heights, New York City, United States. In 1963, Wine had a nationally charted single with "My Boyfriend's Coming Home For Christmas". It reached #22 on Billboard's "Best Bets For Christmas" survey. She co-wrote
The Shirelles' early 1964 mid-chart hit "Tonight You're Gonna Fall in Love With Me". Wine attended the
Juilliard School of Music, where she studied piano. She worked as a songwriter for
Screen Gems Publishing, where she collaborated with several other artists and then teamed with
Carole Bayer Sager. They wrote the song "
A Groovy Kind of Love," recorded by
The Mindbenders in 1966 (after the group split with Wayne Fontana) and reached the top of the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 chart. "A Groovy Kind of Love" was also a 1988 hit for Phil Collins. Wine also recorded as a solo artist. She released 12 singles between 1963 and 1977. She co-wrote
The Ronettes 1969 single "
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" with
Phil Spector. Wine became a member of
The Archies in 1969, along with
Jeff Barry,
Bobby Bloom, and Ron Dante. In 1970, she co-wrote "
Candida", which she recorded with
Linda November and
Tony Orlando, kicking off the most successful phase of Orlando's singing career. Wine also sang backup on Orlando's follow-up hit, "
Knock Three Times." After moving to Memphis, Tennessee with her husband, record producer
Chips Moman, Wine continued to write and record songs and work as a session singer. For over 30 years, she was one of the voices of
Meow Mix Cat Food, sharing with Linda November on the "meow, meow, meow, meow." She also provided backup vocals on the
Steely Dan song "Babylon Sisters" on their 1980 album
Gaucho. In 2007, Wine toured and appeared in concert with Tony Orlando as vocalist and keyboardist. She performed the same function in Orlando's 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2022 tours. ==See also==