Backing singers are some of music’s most anonymous figures, but they’re often the ones with the most stories. So it is with Janey Lee Grace, who, as support to Mari Wilson, Wham!, Kim Wilde, Boy George, Donna Summer and more, was at the epicentre of 80s pop.
In the last few decades, Grace has reinvented herself as a radio DJ and lifestyle guru, but this is the first time she’s laid out her life story.
The book doesn’t linger overly on her pre-showbiz days, touching briefly on her Nottingham childhood watching T. Rex and ABBA on Top Of The Pops and dreaming of stardom. By page 19, she is hanging out with Gary Numan, Toni Basil and Captain Sensible.