Listen Again: Famous Artists Who Sang Background On Hit Songs
Jennifer Holliday “I Want To Know What Love Is” by The Foreigners
Coming off of the fame of her hit Broadway musical, Dreamgirls with Sheryl Lee Ralph and Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday lent her vocals for the background of the popular song “I Want To Know What Love Is” by The Foreigners. She was joined by the New Jersey Mass choir and the Thompson Twins. The song was a number one hit in both the UK and The US and is still the band’s most successful song and was named one of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time.