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Backup Singers with Claudia Lennear

Mary Anne finds out what it's like to be a backing singer from Claudia Lennear, who has performed with artists including George Harrison, Ike and Tina Turner and Joe Cocker.

Mary Anne finds out what it's like to be a backing singer from Claudia Lennear (20 Feet From Stardom), who has performed with artists including George Harrison, Ike and Tina Turner, and Joe Cocker.

Claudia was also the girl that inspired Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones.

She stars in this year's Oscar winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, which tells the stories of the unsung heroes behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.

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Sun 6 Apr 2014 07:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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  • The Flaming Lips

    Race For The Prize

    • Warner Bros.

  • Damon Albarn

    Heavy Seas Of Love

    • Everyday Robots.
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

  • Stephen Stills

    Sit Yourself Down

    • Atlantic.

  • Lauryn Hill

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    • Columbia/Ruff House.

  • EELS

    Mistakes Of My Youth

    • E-Works/ Co-Op.

  • Shuggie Otis

    Strawberry Letter 23

    • Luaka Bop.

  • Cloud Boat

    Carmine

    • Book of Hours.
    • Apollo.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Atlantic.

  • Lykke Li

    No Rest For The Wicked

    • I Never Learn.
    • Atlantic.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

  • Frankie Knuckles

    The Whistle Song

    • Beyond The Mix.
    • Virgin America.

  • Anna Calvi

    Piece By Piece

    • One Breath.
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Dennis Brown

    Money In My Pocket

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • APigeon

    Prinkipia

  • Squeeze

    Another Nail In My Heart

    • A&M.

  • Gruff Rhys

    American Interior

    • American Interior.
    • Turnstile.
    • 001.

  • The Sonics

    Have Love Will Travel

  • Breton

    15 Minutes

    • War Room Stories.
    • Cut Tooth/Believe Recordings.
    • 001.

  • The Beach Boys

    Girls On The Beach

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • Elliott Smith

    Waltz #2 (XO)

    • Dreamworks.

  • Sunriser

    • Catrin Finch & Secko Keita

      Genedigaeth Koring-bato

      • Astar Artes Recordings.

  • Tom Tom Club

    Genius Of Love

    • Island.

  • Pixies

    Greens And Blues

    • PIAS.

  • The Futureheads

    Hounds Of Love

  • SOHN

    Artifice

    • 4AD.

  • DJ Shadow

    The Number Song

    • Mowax.

  • Jack White

    High Ball Stepper

    • Third Man Records/XL Recordings.

  • The Undertones

    It's Going To Happen

    • Castle Communications.

  • Broken Bells

    After The Disco

    • After The Disco.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Going To A Go Go

    • Motown.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • London.

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Claudia Lennear: Life As A Backing Singer

  • Noah and the Whale

    Five Years Time Hub Session 09/10/2007

  • Marika Hackman

    Deep Green

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Buffalo Soldier

    • Island.

  • White Denim

    At Night In Dreams

    • Corsicana Lemonade.
    • Downtown Records.
    • 001.

  • Supergrass

    Sun Hits The Sky

    • Parlophone.

  • The Amazing Snakeheads

    Here It Comes Again

    • AMphetamine Ballads.
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Pharrell Williams & JAY-Z

    Frontin'

    • Frontin'.
    • Arista.

  • Song for Cerys

    • Angel Olsen

      Lights Out

      • Jagjaguwar.

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  • Sun 6 Apr 2014 07:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music