Anna Goodman (musician) explained

Anna Harris Goodman[1] is an American songwriter who was married to Ben Folds from 1987 to 1992. She was best friends with Ben since they were school children, and encouraged him to play piano at a young age. She was the manager of his band Majosha in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They were married at a young age in their early 20s, and often collaborated on songwriting. She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs including:[2]

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130620002407/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=617564&keyname=GOODMAN+ANNA+HARRIS&CAE=187609627&Affiliation=BMI repertoire.bmi.com
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060922124155/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=187609627&keyID=617564&keyname=GOODMAN%20ANNA%20HARRIS&querytype=WriterID repertoire.bmi.com