Venetta Fields

Venetta Fields
Birth nameVenetta Lee Fields
Also known asVanetta Fields
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
GenresR&B, pop, rock
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musical theater actress
  • vocal coach
InstrumentVocals
Years active1961–present
Labels
  • Sony
  • Grit
  • Drumlake Pty. Ltd.

Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941) is an American-born Australian singer and musical theater actress, and vocal coach.

Fields was a backing vocalist for touring American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as working as a session recording vocalist, she worked with artists including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Humble Pie, Barbra Streisand, Elkie Brooks, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Bob Seger and the Rolling Stones. After emigrating to Australia in 1982, she took up citizenship. She recorded or toured as a backing singer for Australian artists Richard Clapton, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, James Morrison and John Farnham.