Anna Goodman

Anna Harris Goodman^[1] is an American songwriter who was married to Ben Folds from 1987 to 1992. She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs including:^[2]

• "Alice Childress" (Ben Folds Five)
• "The Last Polka" (Ben Folds Five)
• "Kate" (Whatever and Ever Amen)
• "Smoke" (Whatever and Ever Amen)
• "Lullabye" (The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner)

Anna was also a long-time member of Sin-é Cafe's resident band Porkchop, which was composed of Beavis and Butt-head directors and producers, Mike deSeve and Brian Mulroney; Ryan Adams guitarist J. P. Bowersock; Dale Burleyson; Gaijin a Go-Go's Phil Maynes; Brad Brown and Chris LaFrenz.

References

1. repertoire.bmi.com
2. repertoire.bmi.com