# Uncredited Singers On Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019 "2010-07-26T05:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/21 "2010-07-26T21:11:53Z")
Nicolette Larson on Dirt Band’s “Make a Little Magic.” ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/22 "2010-07-26T21:19:19Z")
Elvis Costello sings backup on Nick Lowe’s “American Squirm” without credit. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/23 "2010-07-26T21:23:42Z")
Rick James on Eddie Murphy’s “Party All the Time.” ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/24 "2010-07-26T21:29:15Z")
I think most people credit ‘U Got The Look’ to both of them because it’s basically a duet, but officially, like on the single cover: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Prince_Ugot.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Prince_Ugot.jpg) or on the back of the _Sign O’ The Times_ album, she isn’t credited. It’s not as though it was a secret, but it wasn’t officially credited to “Prince & Sheena Easton”. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/25 "2010-07-26T22:51:16Z")
Carly Simon sang the lead vocals on the Will Powers song _[Kissing With Confidence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X0-dMYvwvk)_. But then nobody else was credited, other than as a “Will Powers supporter”. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/26 "2010-07-26T23:21:30Z")
Going way back, Elton John (before he was famous) sang back-up vocals on “My Baby Loves Lovin’” by White Plains. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/27 "2010-07-26T23:24:44Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > Michael’s ‘In The Closet’ had female vocals by Princess Stephanie Of Monaco Really? Geez, talk about your odd collaborations. Speaking of Michael, I’m not sure if he was credited for his backup’s on Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me.” > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Rick James on Eddie Murphy’s “Party All the Time.” I think he was credited. He was in the video, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/28 "2010-10-18T01:22:37Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Of course if you listen to _Bad Blood_ (Neil Sedaka) or _Wrap Her Up_ (George Michael) you can easily tell it’s Elton John doing the back ups Neil Sedaka wrote some songs for Elton..I guess EJ was returning the favor. I just saw Sedaka on the Tavis Smiley show. He wrote for a lot of other singers as well as himself; over 1000 songs in his 50+ year career. He’s had a colorful life, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/29 "2010-10-18T17:59:29Z")
Lennon is also credited as co-writer of “Fame.” Elton sang on Lennon’s “Whatever Gets You Through the Night.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/30 "2010-10-18T18:10:23Z")
Maddy Prior’s _Woman in the Wings_ featured credited instrumental contributions from various members of Jethro Tull, but Ian Anderson’s vocals on “Rollercoaster” were uncredited. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/31 "2010-10-18T18:19:18Z")
I have a couple of REM-related ones, although i don’t have the albums with me right now so i’m not sure if the singers were credited. Michael Stipe of REM sings backing vocals on the song “Kid Fears,” from the Indigo Girls’ first, self-titled album. And Kate Pierson of the B-52s sings backing vocals on REM’s “Shiny Happy People,” from the _Out of Time_ album ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/32 "2010-10-18T18:27:52Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I also believe (but am not sure) that Kenny Longins’s song, _Whenever I Call You Friend_ did not credit Stevie Nicks. Really? Isn’t this song a duet? I’m not going to play it here at work, but I could swear that she doesn’t merely sing backup but sings lead on a verse or two… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/33 "2010-10-18T19:08:28Z")
She does. It’s a duet, but Stevie isn’t credited on the [single](http://www.lpcd.de/41/S3847_01.jpg) at all. She is on the album though. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/34 "2010-10-18T19:29:51Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I have a couple of REM-related ones, although i don’t have the albums with me right now so i’m not sure if the singers were credited. > > Michael Stipe of REM sings backing vocals on the song “Kid Fears,” from the Indigo Girls’ first, self-titled album. > > And Kate Pierson of the B-52s sings backing vocals on REM’s “Shiny Happy People,” from the _Out of Time_ album I think both of those are credited. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/35 "2010-10-18T19:40:44Z")
Kate’s in the video, so her contribution can’t be hidden that well. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/36 "2010-10-18T21:49:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Tommy Smothers is one of the singers in the chorus and plays an acoustic guitar on John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance”. Wasn’t Petula Clark there too? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/37 "2010-10-18T21:50:47Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Nicolette Larson on Dirt Band’s “Make a Little Magic.” But everyone already knew that from the No Nukes Concert. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/38 "2010-10-18T21:52:14Z")
Paul McCartney can be clearly heard in the background of Mellow Yellow. ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/39 "2010-10-19T12:42:36Z")
Don’t know if they are credited, but Sinead O’Connor and Kate Bush have both done some backing vocals for Peter Gabriel. In addition, Kate and Peter had a duet on one of his albums, and I think she was credited for that at least. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019/40 "2010-10-19T12:46:17Z")
> [@Stormcrow](#): > > Don’t know if they are credited, but Sinead O’Connor and Kate Bush have both done some backing vocals for Peter Gabriel. In addition, Kate and Peter had a duet on one of his albums, and I think she was credited for that at least. Kate Bush does get credit for “Don’t Give Up” on _So_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019.md?page=3)