| BOBMARLEY | Jamaican musician who was backed by the Wailers |
| TOMPETTY | US musician who was backed by the Heartbreakers |
| ADAM | Who was backed by the Ants? (4) |
| GERRY | Who was backed by the Pacemakers? (5) |
| WAYNEFONTANA | English pop singer, born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, who was backed by the Mindbenders (5,7) |
| KNIGHT | see 5dn, Singer who was backed by the Pips, at one stage featuring her brother and two cousins |
| BILLYJKRAMER | Stage name of pop singer William Ashton, who was backed by the Dakotas (5,1,6) |
| GLADYS | and 50dn, Singer who was backed by the Pips, at one stage featuring her brother and two cousins |
| BALL | Which late musician was backed by the Jazzmen? (4) |
| BILLHALEY | Rock'n'roll pioneer who was backed by "His Comets" |
| ORGANIST | Musician at first was backed by agency (8) |
| WARSAW | Conflict was backed by capital (6) |
| BIO | Chuck Berry album on which he was backed by Elephants Memory (3) |
| HUNCH | Intuitive feeling that it was backed by Quasimodo (5) |
| SKA | Accented rhythms on the offbeat are typical of this music genre made popular by Jamaican musician Pr |
| DARLENELOVE | Singer backed by the Blossoms whose single He's a Rebel was released by Phil Spector under the name "the Crystals" (7,4) |
| EEK | Jamaican musician ___-A-Mouse |
| LEEPERRY | Jamaican musician and producer with nickname of "Scratch" (3-5) |
| TREKKER | Trustee introduces Jamaican musician without top, adventurous type (7) |
| LEVI | British-Jamaican musician, - Roots (4) |
