Anna Goodman

Anna Goodman is an American songwriter who was married to Ben Folds from 1987 to 1992. She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs including Kate (Whatever and Ever Amen), Alice Childress (Ben Folds Five), The Last Polka (Ben Folds Five), Alice Childress (Naked Baby Photos), Smoke (Whatever and Ever Amen), and Lullabye (The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner).

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.

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    —Paul Goodman (1911–1972)