Famous People Playing "Under the Radar" On Other Bands' Hits

Nah, doesn't have to be hits, I guess. Just the more interesting lesser-known collaborations. And thanks!

 

George Harrison playing on Cream's "Badge".

Evan

 

Jeffy Lynne backing Helen Reddy (??????!!!!!!!??????)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUghixjv20&feature=related

 

The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs moonlighted on Ronnie Spector's "Dangerous" Lp,on her cover of Billy Joel's "Say Goodbye To Hollywood"! On the same Lp,Eddie Money on "Take Me Home Tonight"!

 

I guess these are sort of under the radar, but obvious due to their respective styles:

George Harrison on Cream's "Badge" Evan beat me to it!
Dave Gilmour on Paul McCartney's "No More Lonely Nights"
Bruce Hornsby on Don Henley's "End Of The Innocence"

 

Thomas Dolby - keyboards on Foreigner's 4 and Def Leppard's Pyromania.

 

The Go-Go's Charlotte Caffey,on one of Jewel's Lp's! (Caffey even co-wrote the tune as well!)

 

Bruce Springsteen on Joe Ely's "All Just to Get To You"
Robert Fripp on David Bowie's "Heroes"
Mark Hollis on Anja Garbarek's "Smilling & Waving"
Bono on Roy Orbison's "She's a Mystery to Me"
Peter Gabriel on Phil Collins' "Take Me Home"
Robby Krieger on Blue Oyster Cult's "Imaginos"
David Gilmour on Supertramp's "Brother Where You Bound"

Jimmy Page on Rolling Stones' "Heart of Stone" (Metamorphosis version)
Jimmy Page on Van Morrison's "Here Comes the Night"
Jimmy Page on Petula Clark's "Downtown"

 

Leon Russell on The Byrds "Mr. Tambourine Man"..He'd played Piano on it,BTW!

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan on "First We Take Manhattan" by Jennifer Warnes.
Michael Jackson on back up vocals for "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" by Kenny Loggins.

 

Jimmy Page played the solo on ''One Hit'' by the Stones

 

Miles Davis on Scritti Politti's "Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)"
Sonny Rolllins on Rolling Stones' "Waiting on a Friend"
Phil Woods on Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are"

 

Paul McCartney: bass player on Badfinger's Come and Get It

 

Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham play on Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man"

Mick Jagger sings backup on "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon

 

Not true--it's Jeff Beck and Clem Cattini.

Evan

 

The Hooters' guitarist/song writer Eric Bazilian played guitar and wrote the song "One Of Us" for Joan Osborne.

 

Bob Dylan playing harmonica behind Harry Belafonte singing "Midnight Special" in 1962!

 

Keith Moon, drums on Labelle's "Miss Otis Regrets"

 

And Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu"

 

Garcia did not play on "One Toke" although he is on other cuts from that album.

A "hit" where he played is "Teach Your Children."

 

Eric Clapton on guitar solo in lead-in to "Lonely Little Girl" on the Mothers' "We're Only In It for the Money"

Roy Wood, background vocals on Hendrix' "You Got Me Floatin'" on Axis:Bold As Love

 

Satriani did a few tracks on BoC's Imaginos, too.

 

i did not know that!

 

stephen stills is playing the acoustic guitar on bill withers "ain't no sunshine"

steve perry sings on CSNY's "soldiers of peace" and perry sings on america's "can't fall asleep to a lullabye" which he also co-wrote.

 

Brian Jones and Marianne Faithfull contribute to the "party" noises on the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine".