Songs With Famous Unexpected Back Up Singers And Session Musicians

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Sheryl Crow also appeared on Stevie Nicks 2000 CD "Trouble In Shangri-La".

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Phil Collins in the single version of "No One Is To Blame" by Howard Jones

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Phil Collins also played on Brian Eno's Before And After Science, (and maybe a couple other of his albums.)

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Stevie Ray Vaughn played the guitar solo on David Bowie's "Let's Dance".

SRV also played with Jennifer Warnes, on her Leonard Cohen tribute album on the track, "First We Take Manhattan ".

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Jimmy page played on much that was done in London from '64' to '66', including the Stones, the Kinks and the Who.

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"Bend Me, Shape Me" by Gilla has Liz Mitchell & Marcia Barrett of Boney M. on backing vocals.

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The song that introduced The American Breed, "Step Out Of Your Mind", in 1967, the better part of a year before "Bend Me, Shape Me ", was a huqe Regional Hit in the Midwest. It was written by Chip Taylor, Jon Voight's brother and Angelina Jolie's Uncle , and East Coast Session Guitarist and Songwriter Al Gorgoni. Chip Taylor also wrote "Wild Thing", the song by The Troggs, and "Angel Of The Morning", and solo Regional Hits, including "You Should Be From Monterey", with Al Gorgoni, a moderate Michigan Hit in 1967. "I Can't Let Go" was also written by "Uncle Chip" and Al Gorgoni.

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Bob Welch's re-recorded solo version of the Fleetwood Mac song "Sentimental Lady" features Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Mick Fleetwood.

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Jerry Garcia played pedal steel guitar on CSNY's "Teach Your Children", 1969.

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Also the late Jerry Garcia played pedal steel guitar on Brewer & Shipley's 1971 song "One Toke Over The Line".

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Also the late Jerry Garcia played pedal steel guitar on Brewer & Shipley's 1971 song "One Toke Over The Line".

I had to go back and listen to that song again, By God, there IS a steel guitar in that song.

I think he did some pedal steel on Graham Nash's "Songs for Beginners" album as well.

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Joe Walsh played slide guitar on the late Andy Gibb 1978 song "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water".

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Jerry Garcia also played on a Thomas Dolby album.

(Thomas Dolby did some work on Foreigner 4.)

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The late Junior Walker played sax on Foreigner's "Urgent" (from 1981 "4")

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Not technically a back up singer.
But,
Tracey Ullman included a sample of Kirsty MacColl singing the word "Baby" in her cover of Kirsty's "They Don't Know", because she couldn't sing the note high enough.

However, in the music video for Tracey's version, Paul McCartney makes a cameo appearance at the end.