Editing Emily Bindiger

{{short description|American singer (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name            = Emily Bindiger
| image           = 
| background      = solo_singer
| birth_name      = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1955|05|10}}
| birth_place     = [[New York, New York]], U.S.
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Psychedelic folk]]|[[a cappella]]|[[anison]]}}
| occupation      = Singer
| years_active    = 1972–present
| label           = 
| past_member_of = {{Plainlist|
* The Accidentals
* [[Yuki Kajiura]]
}}
| website         = 
}}

'''Emily Bindiger''' (born May 10, 1955, in the [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] borough of [[New York City]]) is an American singer who is part of the [[a cappella]] group the Accidentals.<ref name="yuki">{{cite web|url=https://canta-per-me.net/yukis-vocalists|title=canta-per-me.net - A Yuki Kajiura Fansite » Yuki's Vocalists|author=|date=|work=canta-per-me.net|access-date=July 27, 2015}}</ref> She played the role of Francine in the children's show ''[[The Great Space Coaster]]''.

==Biography==
Bindiger has recorded for [[soundtrack]]s for movies such as ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]'', ''[[Everyone Says I Love You]]'', ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'', ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'', ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'', and ''[[The Tune]]''.

Bindiger recorded and released her debut and only album ''Emily'' in 1972 when she was 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/aux-out/dreamlab-christian-psychedelic-music-of-the-60s-and-70s/|title = Dreamlab: Christian Psychedelic Music of the '60s and '70s}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/emily-mw0002181656|title = Emily - Emily &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Other work she has done includes songs in skits for ''[[Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]'', ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' and ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''. Artists she's been credited as performing or recording with include [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Buster Poindexter]], [[Oscar Brand]], [[Neil Sedaka]], [[Ben Vereen]], [[Black 47 (band)|Black 47]], [[Deb Lyons]], [[Laurie Beechman]], [[Christine Lavin]], [[Yuri Kasahara]] and [[Patti Austin]]. Bindiger also played the role of Francine in the 1980s children's show ''[[The Great Space Coaster]]'', where she acted and played songs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/626014/the-great-space-coaster-history|title = Good Gnews: Remembering the Great Space Coaster|date = July 2, 2020}}</ref> and recorded a theme song for the children television series ''[[The Baby-Sitters Club]]''.

She has recorded with Japanese composer [[Yoko Kanno]] for the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' soundtrack, performing "Adieu" and "Flying Teapot". Bindiger has also recorded a number of songs with composer [[Yuki Kajiura]]<ref name="yuki"/> for the anime series ''[[.hack//Sign]]'' (performing 10 songs) and with Yuki for one song in ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' and contributed to Kajiura's solo album ''[[Fiction (Yuki Kajiura album)|Fiction]]'', performing six songs: three from ''.hack//Sign'' and three new songs. She was the featured vocalist for Kajiura when the latter visited California for the [[Anime Expo|Anime Expo 2003]] convention.<ref name="anime expo 2003">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2003/anime-expo/12|title=Yuki Kajiura concert|first=Bamboo | last=Dong | date=July 21, 2003 | work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yuki Kajiura Concert|url=http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=412|work=Anime Source|publisher=Anime-Source.Com|accessdate=June 4, 2012|date=September 25, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204104042/http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=412|archive-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also performed a song for the Flash anime of ''[[Xenosaga#Other media|Xenosaga - A Missing Year]]'' and the anime series ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]'' (performing "forest" and "I reach for the sun") and Kajiura's ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' (performing "Every time you Kissed Me" which is now featured on the second original soundtrack published by JVC Music in Japan.)

In 2015, she participated as an ensemble member for the Broadway presentation of the ''[[Bombshell (musical)|Bombshell]]'' musical.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/smash-stars-reunite-for-tonights-broadway-bombshell-concert-com-350802|title = 'Smash' Stars Reunite for Tonight's Broadway Bombshell Concert|date = June 8, 2015}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
She is married to musician [[Robbie Kondor]]. They live in [[North Salem, New York]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=https://maestramusic.org/profile/emily-bindiger/|title=Emily Bindiger • Maestra}}</ref>

==Discography==
'''Studio albums'''
* ''Emily'' (1972)

'''Singles'''
* "[[Baby It's You]]" (Handshake Records, 1981)<ref>{{cite news |title=Record World Single Picks |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-03-14.pdf |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Record World |date=14 March 1981}}</ref><!-- Record World, March 14, 1981, p. 12 "Record World Single Picks -->

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.theaccidentals.com/members/emilybindiger.html Emily Bindiger profile] at The Accidentals website
*{{IMDb name|id=0082827|name=Emily Bindiger}}

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