Cheryl Hardwick-Moore (born August 1944) is a former musical director of Saturday Night Live. She was one of the show's original band members, and played the keyboards. She stayed on for the show's first five years from 1975 until 1980. She returned to the show in 1985, and though she was one of the few members of the original SNL Band to return to the show for season 11 in 1985, though she only provided special musical material for that season, and began as co-musical director with G.E. Smith (who joined the SNL Band the previous season), the next year, in season 12 in 1986, until Smith was dropped from the band in 1995, also serving as co-musical director with Lenny Pickett from that point on, until leaving SNL at the end of season 25 in 2000, after 20 accumulative years.
SNL Career[]
- 1975-1980; 1985-2000: Band member (Keyboards)
- 1985-86: Special musical material
- 1986-2000: Co-musical director