backup singer

collocation in English

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backup
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ʌp/us
/ˈbæk.ʌp/
(someone or something that provides) support or help, or something that you have arranged in case your main plans, equipment, etc. ...
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singer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ər/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/
a person ...
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(Definition ofbackupandsingerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He also drummed in the performance and was abackupsinger.
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She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concertbackupsinger.
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Primarily retired from performing onstage because she dislikes being away from her family, she still works as a studio musician andbackupsinger.
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He also performed with them and other groups as abackupsingerand guitarist.
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She started out as abackupsingerin local bands.
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By age 16 she made her first vocal recordings as a reference vocalist, and was also working as abackupsingerfor several major recording labels.
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Once again running from the law, the songwriter, with the help of a savvybackupsinger, records his stolen song himself, and his version becomes an even bigger hit.
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Backup singers can (and do) step up and comment on the text, and the lead can change between, or even within, songs.
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Gunn jumped at the offer and joined the band as the magician andbackupsingerin the group.
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Some acts rotated artists and backup singers.
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In the end, ten dancers and two backup singers were used.
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Hansen ingeniously turned the solo into call-and-response verses, so the backup singers fill in the pauses with an echo of each word.
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Her three backup singers came down as well and did the uh-oh dance from the song with her.
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Unique that year was her use of children as backup singers of sorts, joining her in her song.
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He has various musicians on saxophone, bass, piano, conga, accordion, tambora, and gira, and 2-3 backup singers.
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This started the gospel set which included a cappella and solos from her backup singers.
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She was joined by seventeen backup singers, musicians and dancers.
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The lead and backup singers frequently interact with the crowd and encourage their participation.
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