Talk:Backing vocalist

message: Could any editor who's come here as a result of the RfC leave their comments below?  Thanks. --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 21:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just basing this off what I've heard..."backing vocals/vocalist" and "backup singer"; I wasn't aware that they were interchangeable. Keppa 04:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for Comment

message: We don't need to list every backing singer in the history of music. There are far too many examples that have been put in merely for the sake of it, and it makes the article cluttered and messy. Considering most rock bands have backing vocals of some kind, can we not just limit it to the very prominent backing singers? It is the equivalent of listing every rock band that has a guitarist, for example.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.66.4 (talk) 15:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  I've removed the lot as totally unnecessary listcruft.   I've also tagged the rest of the section, as it appears to be uncited opinion.  What criteria is getting used to decide that these are the most notable examples? --Escape Orbit (Talk) 18:37, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many examples 

message: Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 03:13, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional citations

message: There seems to be no value in having separate articles on background singer and backing vocalist.   The two terms appear to have identical meanings - the difference may be between preferred American and British usage (though I'm not convinced of that).  The list of uncredited background singers should be checked against references and incorporated into the backing vocalist article, possibly as prose rather than as a list.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:31, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: While here, though, I must note the major failing of background singer as it stands. Namely, it's a moderately well-written and interesting opinion piece, with no credible support for the claims made. Merely expanding it does NOT make it substantial. Weeb Dingle (talk) 04:33, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

text: The articles have now been merged, which seems fine to me.  But, in the process of merging, the content of the old "uncredited background singer" article was removed.  There was no decision or agreement to delete that text, so I have reinstated it in this article, pending further discussion here.  The list is certainly much more fully referenced than the rest of this article.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:15, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

text: PS: Some sources:  ,  , , , ,     Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:38, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: A hidden note under the Andrew Gold factoid says ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE RELIABLE SOURCES, FREDDIE MERCURY PERFORMED AS AN UNCREDITED BACKGROUND SINGER. DO NOT REMOVE HIS NAME ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE ALBUM CREDITS, AS THIS CONSTITUTES VANDALISM AND WILL BE REVERTED. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST MERCURY'S INVOLVEMENT, FIND A CITE FROM A RELIABLE THIRD PARTY PUBLICATION WHICH ASSERTS THAT HE DID NOT APPEAR ON THE TRACK, THEN RAISE THE ISSUE ON THE TALK PAGE.
I'll accept that the Mercury claim is credible. However, the argument is specious: if I claim that Elvis Presley also provided uncredited vocals on Gold's album, then it's (at best) disingenuous to expect this to stand as fact until proven otherwise. Weeb Dingle (talk) 07:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  an example of fanboyism 

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