- Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (b. April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk and alternative music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous big-name artists. - Meg White
Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) is best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. - Pete Wentz
Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is the bassist, back-up vocalist, and primary lyricist of Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy. - Helen Terry
Helen Terry (born May 25 1956) is a British singer, probably best known for her backing work with Culture Club, as well as her Aretha Franklin-like voice. She had a solo career as well, and scored a UK Top 40 hit in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost". Terry is distantly related to late 19th and early 20th century actress Dame Ellen Terry, who was the aunt of the late actor Sir John Gielgud. - David Howell Evans
David Howell Evans, more widely known by his moniker The Edge, is the British-born guitarist, keyboardist, primary songwriter, and backing vocalist for the Irish rock band U2. His distinctive electric guitar timbre and percussive style of playing, along with his innovative use of digital sound processing — delay in particular — have helped define U2's unique sound. Despite being born in England in the book U2 By U2, … - Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is the bassist and backing vocalist for the band Green Day. While at school, he would play unamplified plucking the strings, making a noise soon familiar (dirnt, dirnt, dirnt), he later adopted his stage name, "Mike Dirnt". Mike is the only member of Green Day with a high school diploma. He is the middle-aged one of the band. - Anthony Phillips
Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips (b. December 23, 1951, Chiswick, West London) is an English musician, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the release of their second album, "Trespass". He is known for his twelve string guitar work, and his influence can be heard throughout Genesis's early output. Genesis's first album after Phillips's departure, "Nursery Cryme", … - Malcolm Young
Malcolm Mitchell Young, born January 6 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a founding member of, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Though his younger brother Angus is the more visible of the brothers, Malcolm has been described as the business and brains behind AC/DC. As the rhythm guitarist, he is responsible for the broad sweep of AC/DC's sound, and co-writer of the material. - Tim Commerford
Tim Commerford (born February 26, 1968 in Irvine, California), also known by his various monikers/stage names (Y. tim K. , Timmy C. , Simmering T, Tim Bob, and tim.COM) is the bassist/backing vocalist for Rage Against the Machine and of the seemingly defunct Audioslave. He has also taken to playing the drums and double bass, stating that he is a huge fan of jazz. - Lisa Fischer
Lisa Fischer is an American R&B singer best known for her abilities in the whistle register and her 1991 hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". Fischer was born in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Before pursuing a solo career, she accompanied R&B singer Luther Vandross as a backup singer on several of his tours and also provided backing vocals for artists including Melba Moore and Billy Greene. - John Cooper
John Cooper is the lead singer and bassist of the Christian rock band Skillet. He was one of the founders of the band when it was started in 1996. His wife, Korey Cooper, joined in 1999 as a piano player, guitarist, and backing vocalist. He is the only member of the band to appear on all seven of their albums. He often talks of how he loves playing on stage, and how he wants to give his all in every performance. - Benjamin Curtis
Benjamin Curtis is one third of School of Seven Bells, in which he sings and plays many instruments in addition to guitar. Benjamin was the guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band The Secret Machines until March 2007, when, according to the band's website, he left to pursue a career in a band which was previously his side project. He is the brother of Brandon Curtis, who plays bass guitar and keyboards for the The Secret Machines. - Dave Hill
Dave Hill (born David John Hill, 4 April 1946, in Fleet Castle, Nr Kingsbridge, Devon, England) is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. Born in Devon the son of a mechanic, he moved with his parents to the Black Country area when he was only a year old. There he attended Springdale Primary school and Highfields Secondary Modern school. - Dee C. Lee
Dee C. Lee (born Diane Catherine Sealey, 6 June 1961, Balham, South London) is an English singer. Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she soon left the group to join Paul Weller's new band, The Style Council. She was married to Weller (but now divorced), and they have two children, Nathaniel and Leah. The Style Council were never as commercially successful as Weller's earlier band, The Jam. - Roger Meddows-Taylor
Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor on July 26, 1949 in King's Lynn, Norfolk), is a multi-instrumentalist best known as the percussionist and backing, sometimes lead, vocalist of the English rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is cited as one of the most important and influential arena rock drummers. As a songwriter he contributed songs to the band's albums from the very beginning, … - Kirk Pengilly
Kirk Pengilly (born 4 July 1958, Kew, Victoria, Australia) moved to Sydney and became best friends with fellow band member Tim Farriss. Their first band "Guinness" was a high school band in which Pengilly was the principal songwriter and lead singer. But when The Farriss Brothers formed in 1977 he gave up the main vocalist responsibilities to Michael Hutchence. Twenty years on and Kirk has a definitive place in INXS. - Paul Rutherford
Paul Rutherford (born December 8 1959 in Liverpool, England) was the backing vocalist and dancer with 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH), one of the group's two openly gay singers. Rutherford sang backing vocals to Holly Johnson, and also danced. He emerged from the 1970s punk scene on Merseyside to team up with Johnson in a new band which would go on to dominate the UK Singles Chart in 1984 thanks to a mixture of skill, controversy, marketability and luck. - Tori Alamaze
Tori Alamaze was born in (July 7, 1981) she is an American singer best known as a backing vocalist for the hip hop duo OutKast. Hailing from Detroit, Alamaze worked as a make-up artist for about 10 years, including work for musicians Faith Evans, Erykah Badu, TLC, Xscape, Monica, Outkast, and Busta Rhymes. She got her break when somebody offered her a recording contract. She worked on her debut album, and appeared in opening acts for the Black Eyed Peas. - John Mahon
John Mahon is a professional percussionist and backing vocalist, most noted for his recent work with Elton John. He grew up in Ohio, and was attraced to music when he joined a local drum/bugle club. He grew up listening to music by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Moody Blues, among many others. When he is not touring, he enjoys mountain biking and sculpture. - Ryan Peake
Ryan Peake (born Ryan Anthony Peake, 1 March 1973, in Brooks, Alberta, Canada) is the Canadian lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band, Nickelback. Other members of the band include lead singer Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger and Daniel Adair. - Chas Chandler
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (born 18 December, 1938, died 17 July, 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts. Born in the Heaton district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price. After vocalist Eric Burdon, joined them, the group was renamed The Animals and became one of the most successful R&B bands of the 1960s. - Pete Trewavas
Pete Trewavas (born 15 January 1959, in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England) is an English musician. He joined Marillion in 1982, taking over the role of bassist, from Diz Minnett, whilst acting occasionally as a backing vocalist. Although he was born in Middlesbrough, Trewavas spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury. It was in Aylesbury that he became involved in several bands, having most success with The Metros, … - William Tell
William Tell (born February 7, 1980) is the former rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Something Corporate. After leaving the band in 2004 for a solo career, William Tell was signed as a New Door Records solo artist. His first solo record, "You Can Hold Me Down" was released on March 13 2007. - Dougie Payne
Dougie Payne (born Douglas Payne, 14 November 1972, in Glasgow, Scotland) is the bassist and backing vocalist of the Scottish rock band Travis. Payne was born in the south side of Glasgow and was a student at the Glasgow School of Art where he met the singer Francis Healy; at the time, Payne had never played a guitar before. They teamed up to form Glass Onion (named after a Beatles song), later renaming themselves Travis. Originally Payne was not part of Glass Onion, … - Rob Freeman
Robert Andrew Freeman (born March 26 1981) is the former guitarist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter for the pop punk/post-hardcore group Hidden in Plain View. Presently, he has his own solo recording project titled The Pilot and is a record producer, mainly for up-and-coming New Jersey rock bands. - Claudia Fontaine
Claudia Fontaine (born 28 June 1960) is a backing vocalist in Bethnal Green, London, England. She sang at P*U*L*S*E, the Pink Floyd show in 1994 and on television show The Jubilee Girl, in 2002. She has also appeared in the 1995 movie Showgirls. Claudia Fontaine was widely in demand as a backing vocalist and amongst others has sung with: Betty Boo, Dusty Springfield, Claudia Brucken and Julia Fordham. - Jason McCaslin
Jason Paul McCaslin, better known as "Cone," is the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. Born in Toronto, Ontario, on September 3, 1980, and he joined the band as the last member of its current lineup in February 1999, replacing Mark Spicoluk. Sum 41 was signed by Island Records only months after he joined. - Marc McKnight
Marc McKnight is the current bassist and backing vocalist for the metalcore band Atreyu. He joined the band in 2003 after Chris Thomson left. Though he is credited on the 2004 album "The Curse" as a member of the band, it is unclear as to whether he played bass on the whole recording. He can be seen on The Curse DVD playing bass but Tom Macdonald from Canadian pop rock band Hedley is also thanked for "lending his bass skills" to the recording. - Steven Drozd
Steven Gregory Drozd (born June 11, 1969, Houston, Texas) is a multi-instrumentalist and drummer for The Flaming Lips. The son of musician Vernon Drozd, he grew up in Houston with three brothers and a sister. From the age of ten he played drums and later keys with his father's polka band. Besides his work with the Lips, he heads a side-project, The Paris Gun where he plays guitar and keyboards. - Sylvia Mason-James
Sylvia Mason-James is a British singer who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist and solo artist. She performed a duet with Jimmy Nail on his chart-topping single "Ain't No Doubt" in 1992 and appeared as the vocalist on Chicane's "Strong in Love" in 1998 (Chicane featuring Mason). She has also released a solo single with a cover version of the Diana Ross song "Touch Me In The Morning". - Ginger Reyes
Ginger Reyes (also known as Ginger Sling) is an American rock musician, and is the current touring bassist and backing vocalist of reformed Chicago alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. She is also a solo artist, and was a bassist of California pop-punk band the Halo Friendlies. - James Dewees
James Dewees (born March 13, 1976) (also known as "Reggie" & "Klaus", formerly known as "Paco") is a drummer, keyboardist, and back-up vocalist. Dewees graduated from Liberty High School in Liberty, MO in 1995. He has a degree in music composition from the University of Missouri. He is well known for being the man behind Reggie and the Full Effect, a project for which he writes all the music and plays most of the instruments himself. - Janey Lee Grace
Janey Lee Grace, (born 4 March 1963), is a UK-based singer (mostly backing vocalist, although she has released solo recordings), author, television (VH-1 and ITV) presenter and radio disc jockey, firstly with Virgin Radio as a travel reporter and then graduating to her own late night show for the station. She began her career singing backing vocals for George Michael, Kim Wilde and Boy George, touring the world with Wham! for three years. - Sterling Morrison
Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. (East Meadow, New York, August 28 1942 - August 30, 1995 in Poughkeepsie, New York) was one of the founding members of influential rock group The Velvet Underground, playing lead, rhythm and bass guitar and singing backing vocals. - Ken Stacey
Ken Stacey (born in Los Angeles, California) is a session vocalist and backing vocalist. He has worked with Phil Collins, Natalie Jackson, Richard Marx, and Phil Ramone, among many others. One of his biggest highlights was singing backing vocals and playing acoustic guitar on occasional songs at Elton John's 2000 "One Night Only" concert in Madison Square Garden. His vocal work has appeared in various commercials for companies including McDonald's, Dodge, Coors, … - Sherlie Matthews
Sherlie Matthews (born 1934) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a backing vocalist for Pop, R&B and Rock groups from the mid 1960s to the present time. - Gabrial McNair
Gabrial "Gabe" McNair ,(born September 8, 1973) is a multi-instrumentalist most famous for his work in No Doubt since 1993 as a Trombonist, Keyboardist, and Backing Vocalist. He recorded and toured with Green Day during the "Nimrod" and "Warning" tours, playing Trombone and Tenor Saxophone. He is currently in a band called Oslo where he plays the Guitar. - Jason James
Jason 'Jay' James is the current bassist in the metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine, who also pratices the drums. He was born on January 13 1981 in Bridgend, Wales, UK. As well as playing bass as the replacement of former band member Nick Crandle, he also provides backing vocals for most songs in his group. - Keith Strickland
Keith Strickland (born Julian Keith Strickland, 26 October 1953, in Athens, Georgia) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and one of the founding members of the The B-52's. Originally, Strickland was the band's drummer, but following the 1985 death of Ricky Wilson, the band's guitarist and another founding member, he moved from the drums to guitar. Strickland has also played keyboards on many of the B-52's recordings, and has sung backup vocals on a handful of songs. - Maya Saban
Maya Saban (born 1 January, 1980) is a German singer. She was born in Berlin, Germany to an Israeli father, Shlomo Saban, and a German mother. As a child she took music and dance lessons. Saban sang backing vocals for singer Sabrina Setlur and later appeared on the album "Leben" by German electronic act Schiller. On July 25, 2005, she released her solo debut album, "Mit Jedem Ton", with Virgin Records.
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