Sentence examples for performing as a backup from inspiring English sources

While performing as a backup singer and dancer for the French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on his 1979 world tour, Madonna became romantically involved with musician Dan Gilroy.

The Houston, Texas-born beauty's musical upbringing placed her on a trajectory towards fame at an early age--from performing as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child to launching her solo career to co-writing several songs for the '90s girl group (and even Bey's hit dance records "Get Me Bodied" and "Upgrade U").

Clinical examination was performed as a backup to equipment failure and a comparison of clinical and image based grading can be compared in the analysis stage and factored in the scenario by which a number of participants only have clinical grading available.

Eventually they taught one of the show's drummers how to perform as a Blue Man backup; and one night he filled in for an ailing Stanton.

And in case the next series of X Factor – without Cowell as a judge – does not perform as well as usual, Fincham would dearly like a backup.

It's rare for a quarterback who performed as well as Kaepernick did last year to remain without even a backup job, and NFL owners have openly worried about "backlash" from fans who oppose his message.

Similarly, the company's backup power systems performed as needed.

Again, the original and dance remix was performed as a medley, featuring the same backup from the previous tour.

The performance featured Sparks in a black and white dress, performing with a backup band.

Beginning in the 1970s Ms. Walker performed as a soloist with a variety of church choirs as her backup.

Further back, the treatment area is flooded with the hypnotic sounds of Krishna Das, the famed Kirtan chanter heard in yoga classes throughout the country (Pelan performs live as a backup singer for Krishna Das and is heard on his recordings).