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Femi Taylor Listen ⓘ (born 8 April 1961) is a Nigerian-born British dancer and actress, best known for portraying Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in the 1983 motion picture Return of the Jedi. [1]
Judith Glory Hill (born May 6, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] She has provided backing vocals for such artists as Michael Jackson, Prince, and Josh Groban.
The Max Rebo Band made their debut in Return of the Jedi during the scenes set in Jabba's palace on Tatooine.In the original version, the trio performs a Huttese-language pop song titled "Lapti Nek" (Huttese for "Fancy Man"); the English lyrics (by composer John Williams's son Joseph Williams) are about dancing; Hardware Wars creator Ernie Fosselius helped arrange the song.
404248 08: Musician Michael Jackson performs at the taping of “American Bandstands 50th…A Celebration” television special honoring the music show April 20, 2002 in Pasadena, CA.
Michael Jackson in 1984. American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson recorded songs for ten studio albums, two posthumous studio albums, seventy two compilation albums, three soundtrack albums, one live album and seven remix albums. He has provided background vocals for songs recorded by other artists, as well as featured on duets.
The first posthumous Jackson song, "This Is It", co-written in the 1980s with Paul Anka, was released in October 2009. The surviving Jackson brothers reunited to record backing vocals. [361] It was followed by a documentary film about the rehearsals for the canceled This Is It tour, Michael Jackson's This Is It, [362] and a compilation album. [363]
Jennifer Batten (born November 29, 1957) is an American guitarist who has worked as a session musician and solo artist. [1] From 1987 to 1997, she played on all three of Michael Jackson's world tours, and from 1999 to 2001, she toured and recorded with Jeff Beck.
In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold. [3] Jackson's first solo entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart was "Got to Be There", which peaked at number four in 1971. [4] Jackson's first number-one hit on the chart was "Ben", in 1972. [5]