==for aceresearcher please==

hey, ace, granny's on another one of her backup singer quests.  you
helped me with this one on Sharon Robinson
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=184364

and you the pinkmeister helped me with Venetta Gloud
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=169611

and bobby_d helped on this one on Regina McCrary
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=267327

I chased this one down myself on Katie Kissoon.  it has a photo and
gives a short bio of who she's sung with and that's exactly what I'm
after -- short bio, photo, and current projects -- but not necessarily
at the same site.  it was a fluke finding them all at the Clapton
site.
http://clapton.onecom.com/band/kkissoon.htm

so you can have your choice on either of these next two ladies on my list:

Kitty Beethoven

 -- or --

June Boyce 

also any websites devoted to backup singers who should've made it but didn't 
{preferably in the blues, soul, pop, jazz genre}, will be most appreciated.  

granny's in her usual no rush whatsoever mode,
GB

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Clarification of Question by badabing-ga on 10 Jul 2004 15:36 PDT

p.s. wild guess that this ain't the June Boyce we're after:
http://www.impulse-music.co.uk/boycet.htm

she's a regular with Van Morrison, if that helps.

Howdy, Gran.

Here's a teeny tidbit about one of your backup gals:

"The singers on Whitney Houston's recording of 'Smooth Edge' are Kitty
Beethoven and her singers that sing on the San Francisco productions
by Narada Walden."

http://www.davidlasley.com/askdavid.html

I love the name "Kitty Beethoven." Hope more info can be found,
because the name just enchants me.

thanks for your interest in this Q, Miss Pink.  granny's been looking
off and on since posting this question and I did find that David
Lasley site which I have bookmarked to revisit.  I also saw Kitty's
name linked with another delicious-sounding name -- Claytoven
Richardson -- so their voices must blend nicely or perhaps they're
married.

besides the battered Miss Whitney, they backed Shanice Wilson on her
CD "Shanice" besides countless others:
Background Vocals: Shanice Wilson, Crystal Wilson, Kitty Beethoven,
Claytoven Richardson, Nikita Germaine,Tony Lindsay and Sandy Griffith
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/8420/inner2.html

strange that if you're a background singer, there are no publicity
photos, but maybe they actually eschew the spotlight.  this is the
closest I've come to finding a photo of her and it's in the internet
trashcan somewhere:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:4Qwb2SzR8ogJ:www.aftra.org/sanfrancisco/news/Highlights.html+%22kitty+beethoven%22+%22claytoven+richardson%22&hl=en

AFTRA singers enjoy the membership meeting. L to R: Sandy Cressman,
Kathleen Callan, Claytoven Richardson and Kitty Beethoven.

thanks again for playing!
GB