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Post by seminolefan on Aug 7, 2014 10:28:55 GMT -5
Karyn White sang backup on Johnny Gill's "Fairweather Friend".
The group After 7 sang backup on Johnny Gill's "My, My, My".
Mariah Carey sang backup on Babyface's "Every Time I Close My Eyes".
You can clearly hear Prince on Sheila E's "A Love Bizarre".
That deep voice you hear saying "Hey, girl" at the end of Rick James' "Give It To Me Baby"? That's none other than Melvin Franklin of The Temptations.
Janet Jackson sings backup on Ralph Tresvant's "Sensitivity".
You can hear Babyface on Madonna's "Take a Bow" and Toni Braxton's "You're Makin' Me High".
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Post by pb on Aug 7, 2014 11:57:17 GMT -5
On the subject of albums, I always thought it was weird that Toni Tennille sang backup on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album. Those are two acts you wouldn't think would go together. Bruce Johnston (sometime member of the Beach Boys and composer of "I Write The Songs") also sang on The Wall.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 7, 2014 18:10:01 GMT -5
In 1992, Lisa Keith sang backup on "The Best Things In Life Are Free" before she had her own hit "Better Than You" a year later. And she also sang backup on Herb Alpert's "Diamonds" and "Making Love in the Rain".
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 7, 2014 18:23:49 GMT -5
There's also: * Elton John singing on Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood". Also John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You Through The Night." Graham Nash also sang backup on many songs (Jackson Browne "Doctor My Eyes," Dan Fogelberg "Part Of The Plan," James Taylor "Mexico" and probably others I'm forgetting) sometimes with David Crosby. And Lennon himself played guitar on Elton's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". He also sang backing vocals on David Bowie's "Fame". Speaking of Bruce Johnston and Toni Tennille, it seems they and Carl Wilson did backing vocals on Elton's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". And Dusty Springfield did backing vocals on "The B!tch Is Back". Marcy Levy, later of Shakespear's Sister, was a backing vocalist for Eric Clapton on "Lay Down Sally", "Wonderful Tonight", and "Hello Old Friend" along with Yvonne Elliman, who was also a backing vocalist on "I Shot the Sheriff".
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 7, 2014 18:44:15 GMT -5
If memory serves, Glenn Frey provided background vocals on Hard To Say by the late Dan Fogelberg in 1981. Glenn Frey also sang backup on "Against The Wind" and "Fire Lake" by Bob Seger. Fellow Eagles Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmitt joined in on "Fire Lake".
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Post by matt on Aug 7, 2014 19:35:30 GMT -5
Chaka Khan appeared on Steve Winwood's "Higher Love". Phil Collins was on Frida's "I Know There's Something Going On". Phil Collins sang, produced, and played drums on the Frida cut. The AT40 shows that I think set the record for this type of billing were those of 5/23, 5/30 and 6/6/81. One of these was already mentioned. But you had "Ai No Corrida" by Quincy Jones but the vocals were done by Dune, "Is It You" by Lee Ritenour but the vocals were by Eric Tagg, "What are We Doing in Love" as mentioned above and "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington, Jr. but the vocals were done by Bill Withers. And there were 2 groups in the J. Geils Band mode where the lead singer is someone else, Santana and the Alan Parsons Project. I think Bill Champlin--eventually of Chicago--also sang with Eric Tagg on "Is It You". "Ai No Corrida" is a fantastic song btw--one of my favorite "lost hits" of the early 80's.
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Post by matt on Aug 7, 2014 19:50:49 GMT -5
One song I just heard as an extra on the 7/19/80 show: "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins. Eddie Money lends backing vocals to this song, and I have to confess I didn't know it until just recently, but not sure how I missed it. His vocals are very distinct on the line "Cannonball it right away!" near the end of the first verse...
Also, although I don't believe he contributes any vocals, Prince plays keyboards on Stevie Nicks' "Stand Back". He however, is credited on that song.
And speaking of Prince, Sheila E's "Love Bizarre" was mentioned as a song on which Prince sings backing vocals, but that's not the only one of her hits--"The Glamorous Life" is one on which Prince sings back up.
And here's a really random one: the group Times Two, which had the hit "Strange But True" in the spring of 1988, followed that song up with a remake of Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia". Their version did not make the top 40, but Paul Simon apparently sang backing vocals on Times Two's version.
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Post by freakyflybry on Aug 8, 2014 0:12:22 GMT -5
Luther Vandross sang on David Bowie's "Young Americans" and Richard Marx's "Keep Coming Back".
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 8, 2014 12:06:24 GMT -5
Lenny Kravitz did some moaning on "Justify My Love" before he hit the Top 40 on his own with "It Ain't Over Til It's Over."
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Aug 8, 2014 15:54:14 GMT -5
Ray Parker Jr played on some Boz Scaggs hits. Most notably JoJo.
Elton John played piano on He Ain't Heavy by The Hollies
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Post by pb on Aug 8, 2014 18:18:29 GMT -5
Speaking of Bruce Johnston and Toni Tennille, it seems they and Carl Wilson did backing vocals on Elton's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". Members of the Beach Boys also sang on Chicago "Wishing You Were Here." Perhaps a bit of a lesser known fact, members of Chicago sang on Billy Joel "My Life."
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Aug 8, 2014 18:51:20 GMT -5
Only Peter Cetera was on My Life.
The brass section from Chicago was on After The Love Has Gone by EWF & Too Much Heaven by The Bee Gees.
Dusty Springfield sang on The pregnant dog Is Back.
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Post by SFGuy on Aug 8, 2014 20:12:55 GMT -5
I guess we won't count members Toto, right, because of their job as studio musicians?
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Post by keithr63 on Aug 8, 2014 22:11:17 GMT -5
I'm not talking about where an artist is listed as a duet partner or given a "featuring" credit. I mean artists (before or after they hit the Top 40 themselves) who did uncredited background singing, performing, etc. One of the most famous examples is Michael Jackson singing on Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me". Also, Michael McDonald sang backup on a number of hits in and around 1980. There's also: * Elton John singing on Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood". * The Bangles singing on Cyndi Lauper's "Change of Heart". * Stevie Nicks singing on John Stewart's "Gold" and Walter Egan's "Magnet and Steel". * A young Fergie was in the choir of children singing on Martika's "Toy Soldiers". Elton John and Stevie Nicks both received credit for singing on those songs
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 8, 2014 22:30:24 GMT -5
Got a bunch here...
- Chaka Khan also backed up Stephen Bishop on "Save It For A Rainy Day" and Chicago on their non Top 40 single "Take Me Back To Chicago". - Besides George Harrison & Carole King, Darlene Love, Billy Preston, and actress/Mamas & Papas member Michelle Phillips were also on Cheech & Chong's "Basketball Jones". - One of Glenn Frey's earliest apprearances in the Top 40 was as second vocal and guitar on the Bob Seger System's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man". - Jackson Five on Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin" - B J Thomas's "Rock & Roll Lullaby" featured backup vocals from the Blossoms (who sang the #1 hit "He's A Rebel", though Phil Spector credited it to the Crystals) as well as guitar from Duane Eddy. - Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor on Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold". - Joni Mitchell on James Taylor's "Long Ago And Far Away", and his then-wife Carly Simon on "Shower The People". Also Crosby & Nash on "Mexico" - If I missed someone mentioning Sting on Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing", my apologies. - Ray Parker Jr. also played guitar on many Holland-Dozier-Holland sessions in the early 70s, including the Honey Cone's "Want Ads". He also toured and played with Stevie Wonder on his "Talking Book" and "Innervisions" albums. - Horn Sections: Chicago's on Three Dog Night's "Celebrate", Earth, Wind & Fire's on Genesis' "No Reply At All", and Tower Of Power's on Santana's "Everybody's Everything". - Although the Grateful Dead only charted once in the Top 40, Jerry Garcia's guitar work can be heard on Brewer & Shipley's "One Toke Over The Line", Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Teach Your Children", and Bruce Hornsby and the Range's "Across The River".
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