| IANDURY | British singer whose backing band was The Blockheads (3,4) |
| PRINCE | One-named musician whose backing band was the Revolution |
| COSTELLO | Elvis ___, singer born in 1954 whose first long-term backing band was The Attractions (8) |
| FLORENCE | ____ Welch, English singer whose backing band is known as The Machine (8) |
| NEILYOUNG | Canadian-American singer whose backing band is Crazy Horse (4,5) |
| NANCI | Griffith whose backing band was called the Blue Moon Orchestra |
| CLAPTON | His first band was The Roosters |
| ESTELLE | British singer whose 2008 single American Boy, featuring Kanye West, reached number one in the UK (7) |
| NODOUBT | Absolute certainty that American rock band was popular in the 1990s |
| BEATLES | This famous band was made into a '60s animated series, The - (7) |
| REASONS | _ to be Cheerful, Part 3 1979 song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads (7) |
| ASSURES | Guarantees the blockhead will take us round again (7) |
| BOYZONE | Picture D What Irish boy band was he a member of? (7) |
| DEADPAN | "Jerry Garcia's band was awful," said Tom, ___ |
| SKINNER | Phys ed teacher Leonard for whom a band was named |
| DRUMMER | Which role in a band was elevated by Gene Krupa? (7) |
| GLADYSKNIGHT | Singer whose backing group was the Pips (6,6) |
| GRACE | Singer Potter whose backing band is the Nocturnals |
| JEM | Cartoon singer whose backup band was the Holograms |
| JOEBROWN | Singer whose backing group were known as the Bruvvers (3,5) |
