Yvonne Gage

Yvonne Gage (born December 20, 1959) is an American singer from Chicago, Illinois. Active since the late 1970s, she has done background vocals for artists prior to and after her own solo success.

As a session musician, she has provided vocals for many well known artists, including the incomparable Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, as well as Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers, Ministry, Celine Dion, Ashford & Simpson, Kem, Janelle Monáe, and Kindred the Family Soul.

Biography Gage began singing in the church choir. At 14, She joined a local R&B band, The Soulettes, and sang with them for seven years. During this time, the band was renamed "First Love", then simply "Love", and released an album, Love at First Sight, under the independent Chicago International Music label in 1980.

However, Gage already had left the band at the time of release, to become a backing vocalist for Captain Sky.'''

Burnside also introduced her to then playing new wave band Ministry.

"Doin' It in a Haunted House" reached number 45 in the UK Singles chart, and 78 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, then called the "Black Singles" charts. "Lover of My Dreams," a non-album single, also entered the UK Top 40 charts, ranking at number 79 for three weeks. She is also a vocal teacher at Chicago's Roosevelt University.

Discography Albums

Singles Year Title Label Peak chart positions 1981 "Garden Of Eve" ― #36 ― ― 1983 "Love's Gonna Pay You Back" ― ― ― ― 1984 "Lover of My Dreams" ― ― ― #79 "Doin' It In A Haunted House" ― ― #78 #45 "Virginity" ― ― ― ― 1990 "Winter Days & Summer Nights" ― ― ― ― 2002 "Mirror, Mirror" ― ― ― ― 2011 "My Freedom" ― ― ― ― 2018 "Tonight's The Night" ― ― ― ― 2018 "You Can Have It All" ― ― ― ― "—" denotes releases that did not chart