And also, who has she sung back up for other than the Rolling Stones?

scriptgirl said:

And also, who has she sung back up for other than the Rolling Stones?

She started out as a background singer for Chaka from 1984 thru 1985. She was on the entire "I Feel For You" tour. Chaka was plagued with vocal problems during most of the tour and Lisa really stepped up to hit those notes Chaka would normally hit. She then started singing for Luther after the Chaka tour and, if I'm not mistaken, I believe she toured with him right up to the very end. She also toured with Tina as a background vocalist. That chick is BAD!!!

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Can't help with her chronology, but...

kitbradley said:

That chick is BAD!!!

Thanks, Kit! So I see lisa is one of the few Luther got on with.

scriptgirl said:

Thanks, Kit! So I see lisa is one of the few Luther got on with.

Well, he got along with her. But, I doubt very seriously if he got it on with her.

lol, no, that is what I meant-he got on with her, not that he "Got it on with her"

scriptgirl said:

lol, no, that is what I meant-he got on with her, not that he "Got it on with her"

I know.

Kit, from what I've been reading, Lisa started before 84 singing backgrounds.

She had a freestyle song that was an underground hit. It was under the name Xena.

She started recording with Luther during his "The Night I Fell In Love" project.

She is featured in a documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom, that's opening in theaters around the country soon.

I'm watching this Q&A with Lisa right now. Pretty interesting so far.

daPrettyman said:

Kit, from what I've been reading, Lisa started before 84 singing backgrounds.

She had a freestyle song that was an underground hit. It was under the name Xena.

She started recording with Luther during his "The Night I Fell In Love" project.

She is featured in a documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom, that's opening in theaters around the country soon.

Oh yeah. I knew about the Xena song "The Upside". I used to hear it on the radio when it was out. I really dug that song but never knew who it was. I took me YEARS to get a hold of it and I was surprised to find out it was Lisa.

But, as far as touring as a background vocalist with a major act, she did state in an interview a while ago Chaka was her first major gig. Then, she started working for Luther. I don't know the reason why she left Chaka after just one tour. Maybe Luther offerred her more money but I know Chaka was pretty wild back then because I heard some stories about what was going on behind stage on many of her tours. Vesta and Meli'sa Morgan both toured with her as background vocalists before Lisa but not for very long. I believe Lisa was performing with Chaka off and on after 1985 because when Chaka performed "Tight Fit" on The Joan Rivers Show in 1986, Lisa was one of the background vocalist.

kitbradley said:

daPrettyman said:

Kit, from what I've been reading, Lisa started before 84 singing backgrounds.

She had a freestyle song that was an underground hit. It was under the name Xena.

She started recording with Luther during his "The Night I Fell In Love" project.

She is featured in a documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom, that's opening in theaters around the country soon.

Oh yeah. I knew about the Xena song "The Upside". I used to hear it on the radio when it was out. I really dug that song but never knew who it was. I took me YEARS to get a hold of it and I was surprised to find out it was Lisa.

But, as far as touring as a background vocalist with a major act, she did state in an interview a while ago Chaka was her first major gig. Then, she started working for Luther. I don't know the reason why she left Chaka after just one tour. Maybe Luther offerred her more money but I know Chaka was pretty wild back then because I heard some stories about what was going on behind stage on many of her tours. Vesta and Meli'sa Morgan both toured with her as background vocalists before Lisa but not for very long. I believe Lisa was performing with Chaka off and on after 1985 because when Chaka performed "Tight Fit" on The Joan Rivers Show in 1986, Lisa was one of the background vocalist.

Gotcha!

daPrettyman said:

Kit, from what I've been reading, Lisa started before 84 singing backgrounds.

She had a freestyle song that was an underground hit. It was under the name Xena.

I didn't know she did this song! The Org knows everything!

Thanks!

Other early appearances on Kleeer's Get Tough (1981), D-Train's Theme Song (1982) and Something's On Your Mind (1984), Attitude's Pump The Nation (1983), Change's This Is Your Time (1983), Evelyn Champagne King's So In Love (1984), Angela Bofill's Let Me Be The One (1984), Billy Ocean's Suddenly (1984), Kurtis Blow's If I Ruled The World (1985), and about 166 following sessions.

She has her own site now:

http://lisafischermusic.com/