41.   She has matured from being a backup singer into her own person.

42.   Smooth backup singers complemented a trio playing violins and cello while a DJ slipped in some two-step garage beats.

43.   Steel Pulse is seven instrumentalists plus two female backup singers.

44.   The sisters, daughters of a minister from Oakland, California, started professionally as backup singers.

45.   The six-piece band, plus four backup singers, played mostly bluesy tunes in the Camp Bonifas motor pool parking lot.