Which singer was backed up by the band

Walter Egan has just one Top 40 hit, and this was it. This song, though not a bad one, was clearly geared more towards their older audience; not surprisingly, although it remained outside the Top 10 on the pop charts, it went all the way to 1 on the Easy Listening charts.

Few groups could sing harmonies like the Beach Boys, and their smooth sound no doubt helped the song become as popular as it did. On a side note, while the video shows Al Jardine and Carl Wilson singing backup, it also shows Mike Love, who reportedly was not on the original recording. Click here to learn more.

A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Max Kalnitz. Some famous singers shot straight to stardom as lead acts while others had to cut their teeth as backing vocalists before making it on their own right. Mariah Carey sang backing vocals for Brenda K. Starr, Sheryl Crow toured with Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston started working as a backup vocalist when she was just 14 years old. Before Katy Perry was a pop sensation, she sang backup vocals for a Christian heavy metal band.

Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Mary J. Blige spent years as a backing vocalist for Uptown Records. Sheryl Crow worked with Michael Jackson before going solo. Luther Vandross has one of the most impressive resumes among backup vocalists. Gwen Stefani started as No Doubt's backup singer before switching to lead vocals.

Denise Johnson A new voice in Manchester in the late s, Denise Johnson quickly became recognisable across many indie and dance tracks. This came after a brief but impressive apprenticeship: asked to sing lead for a group supporting US funk band Maze, she played Wembley only weeks after starting out. Topics Primal Scream The 10 best More galleries. The members, most notably Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder, would go on to back other prominent artists.

Photo: Alex Brandon. The Meters. Photo: Capitol Records. The Blue Caps. Vincent is considered one of, if not the most important rockabilly artist ever. But he could not have accomplished that without his backing band, which was retroactively inducted into the Rock Hall Vincent was inducted in in Photo: Sun Records. The Tennessee Three. Photo: AP. The Blue Moon Boys. Elvis is one of the greatest stars in the history of music. But he had some help. He was armed with a backing band that included one of the greatest guitarists of all time in Scotty Moore and Bill Patton, who pioneered bass playing for rock and roll.

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