Dorothy Moskowitz (born 1940) is an American singer and songwriter, who was most notably a lead vocalist in the experimental rock band the United States of America.
[2] Throughout her childhood into her college years, Moskowitz played piano and learned proper vocal techniques through a variety of schoolings and work.
Moskowitz eventually earned a degree in government, and briefly had a stint at Columbia University where she was informally trained by Otto Luening.
[4] Together, they also developed a record series narrating the history of the United States in which Moskowitz produced, provided research, and liner notes.
It became relatively well known in the UK through the inclusion of one track, "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar", on a popular budget sampler album, The Rock Machine Turns You On.
The final factor that resulted in the band's break-up stemmed from a gig in Orange County, California, in which three members were busted for possession of marijuana, leaving only Moskowitz and Byrd to perform.
[3] The group toured and was recorded live at the Fete, and the song, "Sweet Marie", appeared on the 1990 compilation album, The Best of Country Joe: The Vanguard Years.
[10] As a San Francisco-based voiceover artist in the mid-1970s, Moskowitz provided vocals for "Cracks," a short cartoon produced for Sesame Street.
In 2003, Moskowitz became a music teacher for elementary schools in Piedmont, California, introducing students to the basics of brass instruments and vocal techniques.
[12] In 2023, she released the album Under an Endless Sky, recorded with Italian electronic composer Francesco Paolo Paladino, as Dorothy Moskowitz & The United States of Alchemy; the other member is lyricist/writer Luca Ferrari.