Kathleen Rae "Kathy" Wakefield is an American songwriter, singer and fiction author known for co-writing The Supremes' hit single "Nathan Jones" that was released by Motown and used as a soundtrack for the film Rain Man and for co-writing the Grammy-winning song "One Hundred Ways".
[3] In 1970, Wakefield co-wrote the song "Feelin' Kinda Sunday" with Nino Tempo and Annette Tucker, which was recorded as a single by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy.
[4] She also co-wrote "There Will Come a Day" with Mike and Brenda Sutton, recorded by Smokey Robinson, and released in 1977 by Motown on the album Deep in My Soul.
[9] She also worked as a writer with Motown's Diana Ross and The Temptations, as well as Lamont Dozier, Oleta Adams, Kenny Rankin, Caston & Majors, Bananarama, and Stephen Bishop.
"[11] Wakefield's first book, a novella titled Snaketown, was published in 2010 by Cleveland State University Poetry Center.