Toni Wine

Although best known as one of the many fine pop songwriters to emerge from the offices of the legendary Brill Building, Toni Wine also recorded as a solo artist. Born and raised in New York City, she was a child prodigy who studied classical piano at the Julliard School of Music before going to work at Screen-Gems Publishing, where she initially collaborated with a series of writers including Gerry Goffin, Howie Greenfield and Steve Venet. Although the first Wine composition committed to vinyl was the Cookies' "Only to Other People," she didn't truly hit her stride as a compos...