~ Backing Singer to the stars
~ Backing Singer to the stars
tessa niles - backing singer to the stars discusses her career
Presented and Edited by Juliette Caton
Tessa Niles first entered the music scene in 1981 and has since become one of the best known session singers of the past three decades.
With her versatile voice and ability to blend within a myriad of styles, she has hundreds of recording credits and live appearances to her name, performing with some of the biggest names in the music industry.
If you were listening to music during the 1980’s and 90’s then chances are that she performed live with some of your favourite artists and sang on your most loved tracks as she has worked with Bowie, Tina Turner, Sting, Duran Duran, Annie Lennox, Tears For Fears, The Pet Shop Boys,The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams..
In 2015 she turned author with her memoir titled ‘Backtrack’ - the voice behind music’s greatest stars.
“She was described by Producer and Musical Director Steve Anderson as “the ultimate backing singer, not only because she does it with grace and excellence but because her knowledge of harmony is second to none. I fall in love with voices rarely - he says - but I fell in love with hers the moment we did our first session together and have been that way ever since.”
Tessa's Website: www.tessaniles.com
VOICE CHOICE Listen to Tessa’s favourite vocal performance Stevie Wonder singing All In Love Is Fair on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify:
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