Famous peole who moonlight as backing singers

Lenny Kravitz on Madonna's Justify my Love
Sting on Dire Straits Money for Nothing

 

Bowie did lots of backing for Iggy Pop

Neighborhood Threat


Some Weird Sin - Iggy Pop

 

Paul and Linda on James Taylor’s “Shower The People.”

 

Bowie on All The Young Dudes

Mott The Hoople - All the Young Dudes

 

Michael McDonald was really great in that role with that interesting "horn" kind of vocal tone when he did backups. Like having a backing vocal and horns.

 

Michael Jackson on this:



Bryan Adams on this:



Linda Ronstadt on this excellent song:

 

Eddie Money uncredited on I'm Alright by the mighty Kenny Loggins

 

James Hetfield on Danzig Twist of Cain

 

Stevie Nicks on Walter Egan, Tom Petty, Bob Welch and John Stewart

 

I feel a lot of sympathy for that engineer

 

Katey Sagal, AKA Peg Bundy

 

"Oh, I'm sorry Paul. I hadn't noticed I still had the Mute engaged on Linda's channel..."

 

I saw Sting guest on Money For Nothing when Dire Straits played Wembley Arena the same day that Live Aid was on at Wembley Stadium. Their rhythm guitarist was quite good too...



I'm sure Sting's contribution was a major factor in making MFN such a big hit. It's a bit beyond 'backing'.

 

Timothy Schmit on a lot of tunes including this one. All of those "Oh I Love You" responses and those in the outro are Timmy.

 

How sad was it back when Sheryl Crow was the backup singer for Pedo Jackson?

Pedo Jackson - I Just Cant Stop Loving You

 

Linda Ronstadt AND Nicolette Larson on this one:

 

Barney Fife even sounded better than that.....