Hobbitch said:

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...Is that all?


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JackieBlue said:

Barry Mannilow was Bette's first Music director, piano player and vocalist, and one of her first Harlettes was Katie Segal from Married With Children. Bette was on Broadway and did the bathhouse circuit I do not believe she was anyone's background vocalist.

Madonna sang back up for Patrick Hernadez of Born To Be Alive fame

missfee said:

gee...of course it was a joke. thats what the "mrgreen" smile was for. silly.

Mariah Carey sang back up for Brenda Star?

Paula Cole sang back up for Peter Gaberial

sosgemini said:

oh okay. i just have issues trusting people.... oh nevermind

missfee said:

as did Jodeci.

Boyz II Men kind of count; their debut was singing backup for ABC.

ehuffnsd said:

Yeah, you're right. There were so many women in the Harlettes I threw Bette in too.

JackieBlue said:

it's ok... but from gay 101 and the fact my mom in a HUGE Divine Miss M fan the Harlettes are her backgroud singers. It was just a name she gave them so she cold call them up on stage and introduce them.

JackieBlue said:

also, patrice rushen was the bandleader for that show and played keyboards on the album, and i think she can also be seen in the film that accompanied it.

Nona Hendryx
Siedah Garett
Luther Vandross (he sang with Bowie you know.)

pepsi and shirley -wham

(not that they were successful)


sinead oconnor did a lil bit of back up for World Party

Oates.

He rode Hall's coat-tails pretty damn successfully.

Anx said:

yeah she is...

...The Pointer Sisters

Taj Mahal
Elvin Bishop
Cold Blood


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Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child) used to sing back-up for Monica

Kelly Price for Mariah

Siedah Garrett has made a career out of both BG singing and songwriting. She back up Madonna on 'ReInvention'...

I once saw old footage with Patti LaBelle backing up Aretha.

peace

theAudience said:

She is so fucking amazing as a background singer to the Stones....saw their last 2 tours and they give her time to show off her chops and she's a crowd pleaser for sure...she leaves you wanting more...she's also worked with Tina Turner.

peace

theAudience said:

pointer sisters started out with sylvester, didn't they? or was he just one of the early acts they sang with among many?
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if he hadn't failed the audition, i could add david bowie as little richard's former sax player.

i think he even failed getting an audition slot...i gotta re-read my bowie bible for the straight story...

Anx said:

According to what I read, Sylvester was one of many Bay area acts they did vocals for.


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theAudience said:

there's a whole lot about the pointer sisters in the sylvester biography...it sounded like syl and the girls had a great time together back in the cockettes days.

Anx said:

Interesting band name.


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Anx said:

Yeah? So?

theAudience said:

I me some Ashford & Simpson

The Jones Girls used to be Diana Ross' backup singers.They toured with her in 1976/77.A few years later,they had their own big hit "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else".

NWF said:

He was a backup singer for several artists and bands.In addition to Bowie,he also worked as a backup singer for Chic,Change and Roberta Flack.In 1980,Flack fired him from her band,in order to make him become a solo artist.She thought he was too good to be singing behind others.

SoulAlive said:

And the music world was better for it.

I don't know of any guys aside from Lillo Thomas. He had a few solo albums. I automatically connect him to Fonzi Thornton because they often worked with the same artists. He had one solo album.

The Blackberries

They were the go to backup singers for groups that needed a dose of soul in the mix. Apparently they are on lots of stuff from the late 60's thrugh the mid 70's. Here's a few...

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Tour)
Steely Dan - Aja sessions
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.

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JackieBlue said:

I remember Lillo Thomas! He was all over Kashif's albums,and he sang backup on most of the songs that Kashif produced for other artists.

theAudience said:

I think it was Two Tons O' Fun a/k/a The Weather Girls that started out as backup for Sylvester. I know they showed off their vocal skills on the song, You Are My Friend (Been Around). Then Martha Wash sang backup or featured in C+C Music Factory and Black Box.