Wynonna Judd works in the country music industry.
`` I Saw the Light '' is a song written by Andrew Gold and Lisa Angelle , and recorded by American country music artist Wynonna . The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd ( born 1946 ) and her daughter , Wynonna Judd ( born in 1964 ) . Wynonna Ellen Judd ( [ waɪˈnoʊnə ] born Christina Claire Ciminella ; May 30 , 1964 ) is an American country music singer . Her first three singles -- `` She Is His Only Need '' , `` I Saw the Light , '' and `` No One Else on Earth '' -- all reached number one on the U.S. country singles charts consecutively , as did 1993 's `` Only Love '' and 1996 's , `` To Be Loved by You . ''