- Sister of Darlene Love.
- Sang backup for the Righteous Brothers, Ray Charles, Johnny Rivers, Cher, Kim Carnes, U2, Aaron Neville and Andrae Crouch.
- In 2016 she wad honored with the 2016 National Rhythm and Blues Music Society Unsung Heroine Awards.
- Best known as the lead singer of Honey Cone, the girl group that went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song "Want Ads" in 1971. The group split up in 1973.
- Suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- In 2017 she was honored with the Heroes and Legends Award (HAL) in Music.
- Under the stage name Sandy Wynns she released her debut solo single "A Touch of Venus" on Champion Records.
- Jack Nitzsche, an associate of Phil Spector, produced her first feature recording in 1964.
- Grew up singing in the church. Her father, Bishop J.W. Wright, was a pastor at King's Holiness Chapel in Los Angeles. In 1960, she began singing in a gospel group called The COGIC (Church of God in Christ) singers.
- Sang lead on "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" by Hale and the Hushabyes which was a pseudonym for a group that included Brian Wilson, Sonny & Cher and Jackie DeShannon.
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