Franne Golde

Francine Vicki Golde, better known as Franne Golde or Frannie Golde, is an American songwriter, musician, singer and writer.

Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records sold worldwide.

Golde has received BMI awards for singles with The Pussycat Dolls "Stickwitu", Randy Travis’s "A Man Ain't Made of Stone", The Kinleys' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the Touched by an Angel soundtrack, Selena’s "Dreaming of You", Jody Watley’s "Don't You Want Me" and "Nightshift" by the Commodores, which also won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.

Most recently, Golde was nominated to The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame and Bruce Springsteen covered Nightshift on his Only The Strong Survive album.

In the early 1970s, Golde began writing with songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, who introduced her to Richard Perry.

He was impressed with Golde and convinced her to move to Los Angeles and signed her to his publishing company Braintree Music.

Soon after Diana Ross cut "Gettin' Ready for Love", the first song Golde co-wrote with Tom Snow, under her new deal with Perry.

The Top 10 international hit graced Ross album, Baby It's Me.

Golde also wrote the Dennis Edwards/Siedah Garrett duet, "Don't Look Any Further" with Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings, which has since become one of the most frequently sampled tracks by rappers and dance artists internationally, including Snoop Dogg, TLC, Tupac Shakur, Junior M.A.F.I.A. with Notorious B.I.G., Lauryn Hill and M People, who recorded the song and made it a hit for the fourth time in the UK.

Saxophonist Dave Koz gave it a jazz interpretation on Lucky Man and Michelin Tires tapped it for commercial advertising.

Golde's work has been featured on some of the biggest soundtrack hits of the past decade, including the Grammy Award–winning The Bodyguard, and the soundtracks for Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Selena (the biopic) which featured Golde's hit single "Dreaming of You" and the television series Miami Vice and Touched by an Angel, which included the country hit single Somebody's Out There Watching.

Kenny G recorded Golde's "Even if My Heart Would Break" with Aaron Neville for The Bodyguard soundtrack.

He then chose to include it on his own release, Breathless.

It marked only the third time in chart history that the same song appeared on both the No. 1 and No. 2 albums.

She has written songs on many albums including: Pussycat Dolls "Stickwitu" — which was also a worldwide hit single and was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group — Jessica Simpson "Be", Christina Aguilera's "So Emotional" and her Grammy Award-winning Latin CD Mi Reflejo with "El Beso Del Final", Jody Watley’s "Don’t You Want Me", Whitney Houston’s "I Belong to You", The Commodores' "Nightshift" and Selena's "Dreaming of You".

Golde recently opened an online boutique.

She sits on the Board of Directors of Music Mends Minds, is a member of the Women's Alzheimer's Movement and has been honored as an "Architect Of Change" by Maria Shriver.

Golde and record producer Paul Fox —who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2013 —have been married since 1988.

He passed away from Alzheimer's on December 25, 2022.

She started her own clothing line known for creating "The Perfect Black Pant" in August 2016.

Early in her career, Golde found a home away from home in a rented studio at the Chess Records in Chicago.

Her teachers were the R&B artists, producers and songwriters who recorded there and took Golde under their wing.

She soon formed her first band, Frannie and Zoey, which received local acclaim, and she began recording for Atlantic and later Epic/Portrait.