They also wrote several songs with Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, including the top-ten single " I'll Stand By You ".

Soon after recording sessions for the next album began and one track had been completed, Hynde declared that Chambers was no longer playing well and dismissed both him and Foster.

Hynde was the only person pictured anywhere on the album, and was the only official member of the band.

But by the end of the album sessions ( and for the subsequent tour ) the official band line-up was Hynde, Seymour, Hobson, and returning drummer Martin Chambers.

With Hynde was the guitarist James Walbourne, pedal steel player Eric Heywood, bassist Nick Wilkinson and drummer Jim Keltner ( on the album only ).

The band's lineup for the album is the same as that credited on 1994's Last of the Independents: Chrissie Hynde ( vocals, guitar ) Martin Chambers ( drums ), Andy Hobson ( bass ) and Adam Seymour ( guitar ).

The album is a personal collection of favourite songs by women who have inspired her, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Emmylou Harris, Chrissie Hynde, Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Lucinda Williams and Jane Siberry.

The album featured fellow NME journalist Chrissie Hynde and Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson.

William Gibson has stated that he derived inspiration for the character from the image of Chrissie Hynde on the cover of the first Pretenders album.

However, the album was also noted for being less artistically cohesive than the debut ; while Little's songs retained the folk flavour the band was known for, Gould's were rapidly evolving toward a rock style strongly influenced by one of her first musical heroes, Chrissie Hynde.

The first recording was Robert Wyatt's album Cuckooland, and the client list also includes Brian Eno, David Gilmour, Annie Lennox, Kevin Ayers, and Chrissie Hynde.

The album includes the musical styles of salsa, cumbia, pop music, ballads and chillout and has guest appearances from Robert Wyatt, Paul Thompson, Enrique Bunbury, Chrissie Hynde, Annie Lennox, Quimi Portet, Gilad Atzmon, and one of Cuba ’ s top pianists Aldo Lopez Gavilan.

The album featured an eclectic collection of guests including Tom Waits, Solomon Burke, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Aaron Neville, Shelby Lynne, George Clinton, Mavis Staples and Les McCann.

As ever, a Starr album would be lacking if it did not include some celebrity guests and Choose Love does not deviate from the formula ; it features Billy Preston and Chrissie Hynde as its most notable guests.

* In 1995, Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders sang their own version on the Friends soundtrack album.

The song was performed live by Chrissie Hynde in a 1995 episode of Friends titled " The One with the Baby on the Bus ", and that version also appears in that show's soundtrack album.

The original lineup of The Pretenders, with the exception of lead singer Chrissie Hynde, were from Hereford, as were the rock band Mott the Hoople.

Fan reaction towards " Make a Move " was lukewarm, but the other two new songs, " Admiration " and " Neither of Us Can See " ( a duet with Chrissie Hynde ), seemed to be much more well-liked.

Davies was romantically involved with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders during the 1980s, and Natalie is a product of that relationship.

The band has experienced drug-related deaths of the members, and numerous subsequent personnel changes have taken place over the years, with Hynde and Chambers as the remaining original members.

He arranged a rehearsal studio in Denmark Street, where a 3-piece band consisting of Hynde, Mal Hart on bass ( he had played with Hynde and Steve Strange in The Moors Murderers ), and Phil Taylor of Motörhead on drums played a selection of Hynde's original songs.

Hynde then formed a band composed of Pete Farndon ( who was later associated romantically with Hynde ) on bass, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, and Gerry Mcilduff on drums.

Hynde continued with the band.

Hynde had a daughter with Ray Davies during January 1983.

By 1993, Hynde had teamed with ex-Katydids guitarist Adam Seymour to form a new version of the Pretenders.

The team of Hynde and Seymour then hired a number of session musicians to record Last of the Independents that year, including ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, ex-Primitives bassist Andy Hobson, and drummer / writer / producer James " Fred " Hood, formerly with The Impossible Dreamers and Moodswings.

Over the course of the decade, Hynde became increasingly concerned with political activism, vocally supporting the environmental movement and vegetarianism.

On 5 February 2011, Hynde and the Pretenders performed live on CMT's Crossroads with Faith Hill and her band, including songs from both catalogs.

Simple Minds did a North American tour where they played as headliners supported by China Crisis during the Canadian leg and in support of the Pretenders in the U. S. while Hynde was pregnant with Kerr's daughter ( The marriage would last until 1990 ).

The notoriously drug-fuelled recording sessions featured a core band of Thunders, bassist Phil Lynott, drummer Paul Cook, and guitarist Steve Jones, with guest appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Steve Marriott, Walter Lure, Billy Rath, and Peter Perrett.

*" I Put a Spell on You " ( with Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones, Johnny Depp, Bobby Gillespie, Glen Matlock, Paloma Faith and Eliza Doolittle )

They eventually reappeared in late 1999 with charting singles " Love Song " and " Funky Music ( Sho Nuff Turns Me On )" ( featuring Edwin Starr on guest vocals ), plus " Power To The Beats " and " Lost Vagueness " ( featuring Chrissie Hynde ).

During the 1980s and 1990s Amphlett collaborated as a songwriter with other artists including Chrissie Hynde and Cyndi Lauper, and both Amphlett and McEntee worked on solo projects.

's were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cropper appeared with a new line-up of the group for the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary concert, on October 1992 at Madison Square Garden, performing songs by and backing Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Chrissie Hynde, Sinéad O ' Connor, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young.

In terms of cultural significance, she has been ranked with Patti Smith, The Raincoats, Chrissie Hynde, of The Pretenders, The Slits, Lydia Lunch, Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees and even Nico.

The surname is Scottish in origin and is believed to derive from either of two meanings associated with the following accepted spellings of the word ; Hynd, ( OE ) Hind, and ( ME ) Hynde.

Lauren Hynde from The Rules of Attraction also reappears, having become a successful actress with ties to Hughes ' terrorist organisation ; other Rules characters appear ( e. g., in flashback ) such as Bertrand, who is now a terrorist also.

During July 1982, just weeks after Honeyman-Scott's death, a caretaker team of Hynde, Chambers, Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and Big Country bassist Tony Butler was assembled to record the single " Back on the Chain Gang ".

The revised Pretenders team became Hynde, McIntosh, bassist T. M.

After their Hall of Fame induction, the Pretenders continued touring as a four-part team ( Hynde, Seymour, Hobson and Chambers ).

# " From the Heart Down " ( Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly ) – 3: 31

Annie Lennox, Billy MacKenzie and Chrissie Hynde helped out, as did several of BG's bandmates from Aquarium.

Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Aaron Neville, Mavis Stables, Shelby Lynne, Me ’ Shell NdegeOcello, Danny Thompson, Duke Robillard, Michael Jerome, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Les McCann, David Hidalgo, Charlie Musselwhite, Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Vince Gill, Leann Womack, Oak Ridge Boys, Jamey Johnson, Ben Harper, Susan Tedeschi, Toots Hibbert, Randy Travis, Timothy B. Schmit, Bonnie Raitt, Jars of Clay, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Marva Wright, Asleep At The Wheel, John Hammond, Allen Toussaint, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, Bennie Pete, Carl LeBlanc, Billy Preston, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Prince, The Time Jumpers, K. D.