[Music] Famous Singers on others' records

[ozzygull]

Peter Gabriel on “take me home” by Phil Collins
Sting on “long way to go” by Phil Collins

It’s how I feel petty much every time I watch the news.

https://youtu.be/E86cxhOTfFo

 

[Stato]

Kirsty MacColl sang on Jonah Louie 'Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties'.

Kirsty mimed it on TOTP, but it's not her singing on the record.

However, she does sing backing vocals on Tracy Ullman's cover of her song 'They Don't Know About Us'. It's her, not Ullman that sings the piercing BABY! She's also on Billy Bragg's 'Sexuality' and The Happy Mondays' 'Hallelujah'. I think she also did some for Simple Minds when her then husband Steve Lillywhite was producing them.

 

[studio150]

David Gilmour on Paul McCartney's versions of All Shook Up, No Other Baby and Lonesome Town

 

[daveinprague]

Not sure that this is relevent,but James Brown, its a mans world. with Luciano Pavrotti.Whoever came up with this arrangement is a genious as far as im concenred. Beautiful. Dont think I have heard a better performance from James Brown for this song!

 

[daveinprague]

Also, :Lisa Stansfield, 'Been around the world' with Barry White.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Michael and Jermaine Jackson as backing/chorus vocals.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Sting singing "I want my MTV" and backing vocals.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor backing vocals.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Chaka Khan on backing vocals.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Bryan Adams on backing vocals.

 

[DFL JCL]

David bowie sings on reflector by arcade fire.... the 'it's just a reflector' bit.

 

[jakarta]

Kirsty mimed it on TOTP, but it's not her singing on the record.

However, she does sing backing vocals on Tracy Ullman's cover of her song 'They Don't Know About Us'. It's her, not Ullman that sings the piercing BABY! She's also on Billy Bragg's 'Sexuality' and The Happy Mondays' 'Hallelujah'. I think she also did some for Simple Minds when her then husband Steve Lillywhite was producing them.

She does backing vocals on 'Golden Lights' by the Smiths, one of the weirdest cover versions ever, that Mozza eh?

 

[colinz]

Bruce Springsteen backing vocals on Graham Parker & the Rumour "Endless Night"

 

[Icy Gull]

Grease by Franki Valli. Song was written by Barry Gibb and he provides backing vocals, likewise on Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand and a number of other big hits. Maybe Heatrbreaker by Dionne Warwick too. Multi talented guy.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Michael Stipe appears on a Blue Aeroplanes track on their album Swagger. (I forget which one). It is a very background and low key performance though.

What it is.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHM2giUL4Y

 

[Pevenseagull]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfW4-nP2G1Q

More Stipe.

 

[happypig]

Kirsty mimed it on TOTP, but it's not her singing on the record.

However, she does sing backing vocals on Tracy Ullman's cover of her song 'They Don't Know About Us'. It's her, not Ullman that sings the piercing BABY! She's also on Billy Bragg's 'Sexuality' and The Happy Mondays' 'Hallelujah'. I think she also did some for Simple Minds when her then husband Steve Lillywhite was producing them.

Kirsty also did backing vocals on Welcome to the Cheap Seats by The Wonder Stuff

 

[marlowe]

Emmylou Harris has sung on various other artists records including Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Warren Zevon, Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Cash, Ladysmith Black Mambazo amongst others.

 

[Trufflehound]

Looks like Michael Stipe has sung backing vocals on half the songs ever recorded. Here's my favourite:

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[marlowe]

Sandy Denny on Led Zeppelin's The Battle of Evermore

https://youtu.be/7_3yDImIQYU