Niles, Tessa

If you were listening to music during the 1980s and 1990s then chances are that Tessa Niles performed live with some of your favourite artists and sang on your most loved tracks. Her first big break came in 1983 when Sting asked her to join The Police on the Synchronicity World Tour. Niles went on to perform with David Bowie at the legendary Live Aid concert and sang on Bowie and Jagger's hit Dancing in the Streets. She then joined Eric Clapton's band and collaborated on the first of MTV's Unplugged series which spawned the classic versions of Layla and Tears in Heaven. Producer Trevor Horn an...