20 Feet from Stardom ****

A fascinating look behinds the scenes at the singers who back up the stars in our favorite songs, including iconic voices you never put a name to, "20 Feet from Stardom" sketches the lives of some of the great backup talents, plus interviews with the likes of Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Bette Midler, Luther Vandross and more. It's a massive undertaking and masterfully done.

By focusing on three singers, Merry Clayton, Darlene Love, and Lisa Fischer, director Morgan Neville shows us the lives behind the voices, the dreams and aspirations, or just contentment in a role that represent so many voices we all enjoy but may never have appreciated. And there are several aha moments. For me it was the story behind the soaring descant in "Gimme Shelter." You'll have one, too.