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Cornerstones: 1967–1970

Billy Cox – bass on tracks 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, background vocals on track 12

Élan Luz Rivera

During the making of their album, she worked with the American pop singer Ashley Tisdale in the background vocals for her 2007 hit song "He Said She Said" and wrote "Fuego" for The Cheetah Girls' first Bi-lingual single with Producer J.R. Rotem and songwriter Evan Bogart.

Start the Car

Background vocals: Jude Cole, Sass Jordan, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Sam Llanas, John Elefante, Chuck Sabatino, Robert Parlee, Philip Ingram

Walkaway Joe

After a performance on The Tonight Show, Yearwood met Don Henley of the Eagles and, after being invited to sing on her second album, he traveled to Nashville, Tennessee and recorded background vocals for the song.


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Ain't Living Long Like This

Albert Lee – electric guitar, mandolin, piano, acoustic guitar, background vocals

Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up

"Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up", with Color Me Badd providing background vocals, is the third and final single from Paula Abdul's album, Head over Heels.

Alyson Williams

The daughter of bandleader / trumpeter Bobby Booker, Williams began her career by singing background vocals for various artists including, Curtis Hairston, Melba Moore ("Love's Coming At Ya"), B. B. & Q. Band, Cashflow, Unlimited Touch, Bobby Brown and Barbara Mitchell before joining the group High Fashion, which also featured Meli'sa Morgan.

Audley Freed

Starting in May 2008, Freed toured with Jakob Dylan as part of the Gold Mountain Rebels trio, which also featured Wallflowers drummer Fred Eltringham, and former New Earth Mud bandmate George Reif on bass and background vocals.

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Paul Worley, a producer with whom Johnson was working, was also working with Martina McBride at that time and asked Johnson to sing background vocals on McBride's songs.

Dennis Clifton

After FCC disbanded, Clifton became a studio musician, playing guitar and adding background vocals for musicians in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ericka Yancey

From 1999 to 2003, Yancey spent time writing, producing and recording background vocals for artists such as Victoria Beckham, Macy Gray, Brownstone, among others.

EV3

Dawn Robinson's lead vocals still appear on all of the Thomas McElroy & Denzil Foster produced songs, with the only exceptions being Eyes of a Child (her background Vocals still remain) & Does Anybody Hear Me on which none of her vocals appear.

Frankie Gaye

In 1977, Frankie participated in background vocals for Marvin's hit, "Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1".

From the Soul of Man

Lattimore also reimagines The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as a soulful ballad that closes with a hypnotically layered arrangement of background vocals.

Gaitanes

Las Miami, MSM, 2004 (Producers, Arrangers, Composers, Musicians, Background Vocals)

Garcia Live Volume Two

The lineup of the Jerry Garcia Band for this concert — and for most of the band's shows from 1985 to 1995 — was Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Melvin Seals on keyboards, John Kahn on bass, David Kemper on drums, and Jaclyn LaBranch and Gloria Jones on background vocals.

Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back

Vet Stone and Elva Mouton, both formerly members of Family Stone backing band Little Sister, are credited as providing "additional background vocals".

Hubert Kah

Together with Michael Cretu, Kemmler wrote and produced songs for other artists, including "Dancing Into Danger" by Inker & Hamilton, "Love at First Sight" by the band Münchener Freiheit and a number of tracks by Sandra such as "Maria Magdalena", "Heaven Can Wait", when wife Susanna Kemmler was partly responsible for the background vocals.

I Forgive You

It was written by Darkchild, Andre Lindal, and Lauren Christy; with Darkchild and Lindal handling the production and Christy providing additional background vocals.

I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too

Lily Lanken – vocals (tracks 9, 11), background vocals (tracks 12–13)

Ian McNabb

Around the time of the split of the Icicle Works in 1990, McNabb spent some time as a de facto member of The Wild Swans, playing guitar and singing background vocals.

In the Moment – Live in Concert

George Duke - additional keys, background vocals & piano on "Come In"

Janie Fricke

After supplying uncredited background vocals for such Duncan hits as "Jo and the Cowboy," "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous", "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better", and "Stranger," she was finally rewarded when she was given equal billing with Duncan on a single entitled "Come a Little Bit Closer."

Jazzyfatnastees

In addition to recording their own albums, they have toured with and sung background vocals for The Roots (Illadelph Halflife, Things Fall Apart; Martinez appeared on Game Theory).

Judge Not

Some of the song lyrics are paraphrased in the background vocals of the later Marley hit "Could You Be Loved".

Lippy's Garden

The band consisted of David Milhous (drums and background vocals), his cousin Mark Bollinger (vocals and lead guitar), James Ross (keyboards), and Rob Salter (Bass).

Money Trees

The song, mixed by Top Dawg engineer Derek “MixedByAli” Ali, features background vocals from American singer Anna Wise of Sonnymoon, as well as a sample from the Beach House "Silver Soul," from their 2010 album Teen Dream.

Naj, naj

The song "Splav II" features background vocals by Suzana Dinić and the first six tracks feature background vocals by Ivana Selakov.

Nedelle Torrisi

She has performed background vocals on an album by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, entitled Before Today.

Never Picture Perfect

Background Vocals by Marty McCall, Bonnie Keen, Marabeth Jordon, Margaret Becker, Chris Rodriguez, Guy Penrod, Richard Gibson, Jon Sherberg, Donny Monk, Gary Smith.

Nicky Moore

Electric Sun - Beyond The Astral Skies (1985, background vocals on "The Night The Master Comes")

No Ennui

k.d. lang, Dayna Kurtz, Paula Cabor, Micki Korb, Claire Morkin, Paul Cebar, Paul Scher, Wesley Savick, Rob Gjersoe, Emily Saliers, Amy Ray - background vocals

Rachel Farley

She also sang background vocals on Gilbert's 2012 single "Kick It in the Sticks".

Scene 23

The original lineup of Scene 23 consisted of six members, three males and three females: Josh Henderson (background vocals), Donavan Green (background vocals), Moises Juarez (background vocals), Monika Christian (lead and background vocals), Laurie Gidosh (lead and background vocals) and Dorothy Szamborska (lead and background vocals).

Set the Twilight Reeling

Fernando Saunders - fretless & fret electric bass, acoustic guitar on "NYC Man", background vocals

Sheri Miller

She is now recording new material, produced by Will Lee, to be released in 2012; it features Paul Shaffer on B3 organ and piano, Steve Cropper on electric guitar, Will Lee on bass, Shawn Pelton on drums, Tabitha Fair and Will Lee on background vocals, and is mixed by Frank Filipetti.

Slippin'

This song also features credited background vocals from future American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray.

Slipping Stitches

Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks fame produced the first two tracks, and contributed with both lyrics and background vocals.

Slow Traffic to the Right

Bennie Maupin - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer, background vocals

Somewhere Near Japan

The song was produced by Terry Melcher, who co-wrote the song, helped arrange the background vocals.

The Original Spinners

George Dixon: background vocals ("That's What Girls Are Made For" only)

The Vespers

Callie and Phoebe, daughters of Christian artist Morgan Cryar, sang background vocals on Music Row from a young age.

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

Whitfield produced Gaye's version as well, which featured background vocals by The Andantes.

TV Eye Live 1977

The album is notable for the presence of David Bowie on keyboards and background vocals for selected tracks and the rather crushing bass and drum sound; also, with the Sales brothers, the lineup prefigures in part the Bowie Tin Machine lineup.

What Goes Around

On this track, Starr is lead vocalist and plays drums, with members of both the Bonnie Raitt band and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers joining him; personnel includes Benmont Tench on piano and organ, James Hutchinson on bass, Michael Landau and David Grissom on guitars, and Andrew Sturmer, Roger Manning and Andrew Gold on background vocals.

Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

Background vocals by The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer) and The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps)

Your Old Standby

Background vocals by The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Louvain Demps, and Marlene Barrow)