https://www.thewrap.com/donna-jean-godchaux-mackay-grateful-dead-backup-singer-dies-obit/
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead Backup Singer, Dies at 78
Nov 3, 2025 - Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay backup singer for the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979, has died at the age of 78
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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/r-kelly-once-caught-having-sex-with-underaged-aaliyah-former-backup-singer-claims-in-interview
R. Kelly once caught having sex with underaged Aaliyah, former backup singer claims | Fox News
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/12/19/music
Backup singer says Elvis didn't want to sing 'Blue Christmas' | MPR News
Millie Kirkham, who sang the "woo we woo" background vocals on Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas, died at 91 this week.
https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/2024-10-11/remembering-gospel-singer-and-backup-vocalist-cissy-houston
Remembering gospel singer and backup vocalist Cissy Houston | WLRN
Oct 11, 2024 - Houston, who died Oct. 7, started out on the gospel circuit as a child, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and later guided her daughter, Whitney, to...
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