Why ABBA never brought extra session background singers from USA, UK and Canada to sing backup behind them on their 7th album, "Super Trouper"

 


ABBA never brought extra backup singers both white and black to perform background vocals in the studio behind them on their 7th album, "Super Trouper", such as:

Petsye Powell

Dona' Thedford


Roy Galloway

Arthur Simms

Margo Williams

Billy Thedford

Yvonne Hodges

Norma Garbo


Catherine Russell



 

Julia, Maxine, Luther & Oren Waters

Merry Clayton

Louise Bethune



Carolyn Willis, Edna Wright & Shelly Clark

Tawatha Agee

Venette Gloud

Luther Vandross and his friends

Charles Chalmers, Sandy Rhodes & Donna Rhodes

Betty Wright

Ullanda McCullough

Gwen Guthrie

Polly Cutter

Norma Jean Wright

Pattie Brooks

Brenda Russell

Darlene Love

Venetta Fields

Teri DeSario




Jocelyn Brown



Betsy Allen

Helen Chappelle

Vicki Brown



Judy Clay

Stephanie DeSykes

Leanora Logan

LaRita Gaskins

Rene Mills

Vicki Hampton


because they had no extra money, so ABBA wanted themselves alone on all vocals as The Silver Convention Official Tribute Page from Facebook once commented:
To name singers who did NOT sing background on an ABBA song. First of all ABBA never used backing vocals by others on their songs with one exception ""I Have A Dream" they used a Childeren's Choir.
For the rest all vocals were ABBA themselves.











 


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