Who sang backup on Lou Reed song?

I've always wondered who the backup singers are in Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side." Can you tell me?

The female trio, Thunderthighs, provided the "doo-de-doos" in between the verses of Reed's seminal hit, "Walk on the Wild Side." Individually, the members of the Thunderthighs were Dari Lalou, Karen Friedman and Casey Synge.

According to one report we found, their name was inspired by an incident that happened to Lalou when she worked in a San Francisco clothes shop. Reportedly, a beefy football player walked into the shop and asked if they had any jeans for a person with "thunder thighs." When Lalou related this story to Synge and Friedman, they thought it would be funny to call themselves Thunderthighs.

They became rather well-known as a tight backup trio that was in fairly high demand. In addition to "Walk on the Wild Side," they appeared on Mott the Hoople's singles, "Hymn for the Dudes" and "Roll Away the Stone." They also provided backing vocals to Jerry Lee Lewis's 1973 double album, "Jerry Lee Lewis: The (Complete) Session." They also recorded with such artists as John Lennon, Jeff Beck, John Entwistle and Steve Winwood.

In 1974, their version of Lynsey DePaul's "Central Park Arrest" peaked at No. 30 on the UK singles chart. In a 2004 letter to a Web site devoted to '70s-era female glam-rockers, Synge confirmed that Thunderthighs had never recorded a full-length LP. In fact, she said, the only song of theirs that they were able to release was "Lady in Question," and it was only released as a B side.

Also in her letter she stated that she and Lalou had remained in touch and had started a songwriting publishing company together called "Sing & Win Songs." She also said that Friedman died in 1991.

Incidentally, despite Reed's use of offensive language when referring to the backing vocalists, all three members of Thunderthighs are white.

I was going through my old records and came across "Odessey and Oracle" by the Zombies. I hope you can answer a question I've had for many years. What is the significance of the spelling of the word "Odessey"?

After starting out strong with two hit singles, "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No," the Zombies released a series of songs that didn't capture the public's attention. Becoming disillusioned with their future together, the band convened in summer of 1967 to record their final album. The result was "Odessey and Oracle."

While it was well-received by critics at the time, it still didn't sell well and the band split up. Their decision to disband may have been premature because a single released from the album, "Time of the Season," became a Top Five hit in the U.S.

The cover art was created by an artist named Terry Quirk. It seems Quirk was not very familiar with the works of Homer and simply misspelled the word "Odyssey" on the album cover.

I have been trying to find the lyrics to the song "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" by Freddy Fender. I would like to find a source where I can obtain these lyrics. Any assistance you could provide would be much appreciated.

While a quick Internet search of Fender's version of the song produced no results for us either, we quickly learned that the song was written and recorded by Conway Twitty in 1974, just one year before Fender's version. If you search for the lyrics to Conway Twitty's version, you'll quickly find what you're looking for.

Brady and Maron are freelance music writers based in Raleigh, N.C. Questions about songs, albums and the musicians who make them may be sent to them at ontherecord99@aol.com.