For years, skilled backing vocalists have wowed listeners with their power and prowess. With the ability to turn a mere tune into a massive hit, these singers have added a distinct style and presence ...

Every time I hear one of these 1969 songs, I'm instantly transformed into a backup singer whether I like it or not.

Long before the spotlight found them, plenty of household names spent years standing just off to the side of it. They sang harmonies nobody remembered, danced two steps behind the star of the show, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger appear in the new film "Twenty Feet from Stardom," but only to shine the spotlight on the unsung backup singers who make them sound even better.

Gwen Stefani, Katy Perry, and Mary J. Blige all started as backup singers.NBC, John Shearer, Raymond Boyd/Getty Images There's no one right way to make it big as a singer. There's the classic method ...

Long before her breakout hit “All I Wanna Do”—as well as the nine Grammy Awards that followed—rock legend Sheryl Crow spent several years in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s working as a backup singer in ...

Taylor Swift's backup singer Jeslyn Gorman is resilient. In the third episode of Swift's The End of an Era docuseries on Disney+ chronicling behind-the-scenes moments of the pop superstar's ...

When a single voice stands in front of a sea of instruments, it is rarely an isolated solo; most contemporary songs and stage shows rely on a cadre of additional singers whose voices weave around the ...

If you ever saw our Harvey Levin sing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" and thought to yourself "Wow, he would be a great backup vocalist for Martha Reeves," guess what -- he thinks the same thing ... and he ...

In the third episode, backup singer Jeslyn Gorman opens up about receiving a cancer diagnosis in the midst of the shows and returning to the stage post-treatment Swift described the experience as "the ...