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Birth name | Venetta Lee Fields |
Also known as | Vanetta Fields |
Born | 1941 (age 82–83) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Genres | R&B, pop, rock |
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Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1961–present |
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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.