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* Shudder To Think's soundtrack to ''First Love, Last Rites'' had them performing songs in various {{retraux}} styles with guest vocalists - They ended up largely working with singers who, while not household names, were definitely prominent in 90's AlternativeRock: Music/JeffBuckley, Music/LizPhair, [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins Billy Corgan]], [[Music/TheCardigans Nina Persson]], [[Music/XUSBand John Doe]], Angela [=McLuskey=], Lena Karlsson, [[Music/TheThe Matt Johnson]], and [[{{Music/Low}} Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker]].

* Music/QuincyJones himself was fond of spinning through his rolodex of industry friends starting with his 1981 album ''"The Dude"'', but his most famous all-star work apart from "We Are the World" is his 1989 album ''Back on the Block'', which featured three generations of soul, pop, rhythm & blues and jazz talent. The album included vocalists Take 6, [[Music/PrincesAssociates Tevin Campbell]], Andraé Crouch, Seidah Garrett, Music/RayCharles, Chaka Khan, Music/BobbyMcFerrin, Music/EllaFitzgerald, Al Jarreau, Sarah Vaughn, [[Music/DeBarge El DeBarge]], James Ingram, Music/AlBSure and Music/BarryWhite; rappers Music/IceT, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane and Music/KoolMoeDee; guitarist George Benson; bassists Nathan East and Louis Johnson; keyboard players [[Music/WeatherReport Josef Zawinul]], Music/HerbieHancock, Steve Porcaro, George Duke, Ian Underwood, and Rod Temperton & Greg Phillinganes[[note]]two players who performed with and programmed nearly every keyboard sound for Music/MichaelJackson and Music/StevieWonder[[/note]]; horn and sax players Music/MilesDavis, Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody; and drum & percussionists Harvey Mason, John Robinson and [[Music/PrincesAssociates Sheila E.]] All told, ''over 100'' world-famous musicians, engineers and producers collaborated on the commercially and critically successful album, and ''Back on the Block'' remains the only album to score both Best Jazz Fusion Performance and Best Rap Performance at the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy|Award}}s (it also garnered the Album of the Year award in 1990, amongst others that year.)

* Music/DollyParton's 2023 album ''Rockstar'' features guest appearances from [[Music/TheBeatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr]], Music/MileyCyrus, Music/EltonJohn, Music/KidRock, Music/{{Lizzo}}, Music/ChrisStapleton, and [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], [[https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/dolly-parton-releases-wild-track-list-for-upcoming-rock-album among many others]].

* The intersection of films and songs is of course concert movies, and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/TheLastWaltz'', which documented and celebrated the last performance of Music/TheBand, assembled a murderer's row of talent. Aside from the group themselves, there were performances from Music/EricClapton, Music/JoniMitchell, Music/NeilYoung, Music/VanMorrison, Music/MuddyWaters, Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, and Bobby Charles ([[WTHCastingAgency Neil Diamond]] too, but we don't like to talk about him)--and of course, a set by Music/BobDylan, who brought The Band to prominence as his backing group before they went solo. Oh, and just for completeness sake, the last song adds in [[Music/TheBeatles Ringo Starr]] and [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Ron Wood]] as backing musicians.

* This trope is the Raison d'être of the {{Supergroup}}, which assembles a group of famous musicians (or members of famous bands) and draws in fans with the promise of awesomeness by amalgamation. A special mention needs to go to Music/TheTravelingWilburys, who assembled an utterly unbelievable amount of talent (to quote its own trope page, "Music/BobDylan. Music/RoyOrbison. Music/TomPetty. Music/GeorgeHarrison and [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]]. Holy Shit.")-- and then released the entire thing under a StageName, with no reference to who they really were, because they were doing it to have fun and work with each other.

* Music/{{Slash|Musician}}'s debut album was made on the theory that the guitarist would write whatever he wants in any genre he wants, then contacts the singer best suited for it when he's got a basic song laid down (most of them friends he's made throughout the years). This session ended up including Music/OzzyOsbourne, [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]], [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris]] [[Music/{{Audioslave}} Cornell]], [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy Kilmister]], Music/KidRock, an instrumental with Music/DaveGrohl and his old Music/GunsNRoses band-mate Duff [=McKagen=], and Music/AliceCooper doing a duet with [[Music/PussycatDolls Nicole Scherzinger]] among others. Two of the only names he wasn't able to get for various reasons were [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Dave Mustaine]] and [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack]] [[Music/JackWhite White]].

* The ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'' [[Music/Furious7Soundtrack soundtrack]], in contrast to previous albums' lesser known cast of artists, features a wide variety of big name stars, consisting of rappers, [=DJs=], and pop singers, mixed with some lesser known acts. It includes Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, YG, Rich Homie Quan, T.I., Young Thug, Sevyn Streeter, Dillon Francis, DJ Snake, Wiz Khalifa, Music/IggyAzalea, Prince Royce, Charlie Puth, [[Music/ThreeSixMafia Juicy J]], Kevin Gates, Future, Sage the Gemini, Music/DavidGuetta, Kaz James, Music/DJShadow, Mos Def, J Balvin, French Montana, Nicky Jam, Music/FloRida, Lookas, Music/LilJon, Fito Blanko, Skylar Grey, and Famous to Most.

* Music/DollyParton's 2023 album ''Rockstar'' features guest appearances from [[Music/TheBeatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr]], Music/MileyCyrus, Music/EltonJohn, Music/KidRock, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], [[https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/dolly-parton-releases-wild-track-list-for-upcoming-rock-album among many others]].

** This is par the course with soundtrack albums, especially if they were cobbled together from previously recorded songs, such as the soundtrack for ''Literature/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower'' featuring a who's who of 80's AlternativeRock groups such as Music/SonicYouth, Music/TheSmiths, Cocteau Twins, Music/NewOrder, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Music/{{XTC}} and Music/DavidBowie.

* USA for Africa's "Music/WeAreTheWorld" is one of the most successful charity records, and this record from 1985 -- proceeds of which were used for famine relief in UsefulNotes/{{Africa}} -- has a who's who of musical acts, from all the major genres, involved. Music/QuincyJones was the conductor, and writers Music/LionelRichie and Music/MichaelJackson were a prominent part of the chorus. Get a load of who else had solo parts: Music/StevieWonder, Music/PaulSimon, Music/KennyRogers, Music/JamesIngram, Music/TinaTurner, Music/BillyJoel, Music/DianaRoss, Music/DionneWarwick, Music/WillieNelson, Al Jarreau, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/KennyLoggins, Steve Perry (of the band Music/{{Journey|Band}}), [[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Daryl Hall]], [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]], Music/CyndiLauper, Kim Carnes, Music/BobDylan and Music/RayCharles. And who backed them up? Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/HarryBelafonte, Lindsey Buckingham (of Music/FleetwoodMac), Music/WaylonJennings, Music/BetteMidler, [[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates John Oates]] (Music/DarylHall's longtime partner), [=LTD=] lead singer Jeffrey Osborne, Music/SmokeyRobinson; and various members of The News (Huey Lewis' backing band), Music/TheJacksons and The Pointer Sisters.

** Cannonball Adderley's 1958 album ''Somethin' Else'' had drummer Art Blakey, the "two Jones" Sam and Hank Jones (not related) and Miles Davis.
* This trope is the Raison d'être of the {{Supergroup}}, which assembles a group of famous musicians (or members of famous bands) and draws in fans with the promise of awesomeness by amalgamation. A special mention needs to go to Music/TheTravelingWilburys, who assembled an utterly unbelievable amount of talent (to quote its own trope page, "Music/BobDylan. Music/RoyOrbison. Music/TomPetty. Music/GeorgeHarrison and [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]]. Holy Shit.")-- and then released the entire thing under a StageName, with no reference to who they really were, because they were doing it to have fun and work with each other.
* Music/{{Chickenfoot}} is composed of Music/JoeSatriani, [[Music/VanHalen Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony]] and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Chad Smith]].
* This is a staple of the CharityMotivationSong genre, as seen in "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "Music/WeAreTheWorld", and the charity benefit concert, as in the case of UsefulNotes/LiveAid.

* DeathMetal band Avulsed released a compilation of re-recorded songs titled ''Deathgeneration'' in 2016 to celebrate their 25th anniversary. While they aren't a household name among death metal listeners outside their home country of Spain, they have a sizable worldwide fanbase and are respected heavily by their fellow musicians, to the point that they were able to gather a whopping ''16'' guest vocalists for the album to create what is essentially a love letter to both their career and 90s-style death metal, almost ''all'' of whom are at least somewhat well-known. Of them all, only four (Ludovic Loez, Paul Zavaleta, Ville, and Bongo) could genuinely be considered completely underground. The rest of the lineup (brace yourselves) includes Per Boder (God Macabre), [[Music/{{Autopsy}} Chris Reifert]], Music/RoggaJohansson, [[Music/{{Demilich}} Antti Boman]], Anton Reisenegger (Criminal), [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]], Kam Lee (Massacre), Will Rahmer (Mortician), John [=McEntee=] (Incantation), Johan Jansson (ex-Centinex), Mike van Mastrigt (ex-Sinister), and [[Music/AtTheGates Tomas Lindberg]]. To put the icing on the cake, [[Music/EdgeOfSanity Dan Swano]] mastered the record, while [[Music/NapalmDeath Barney Greenway]] and [[Music/{{Vader}} Piotr Wiwczarek]] were also supposed to appear, but they were both occupied during the period[[note]] According to the band's vocalist Dave Rotten, Napalm Death's North American tour rendered them on the road nonstop, while Vader was recording their latest album at the time.[[/note]] and were unable to record their parts in time. [[Music/{{Entombed}} LG Petrov]] and [[Music/CannibalCorpse George Fisher]] were also contacted by the band, but their messages were not received. For a fairly lesser-known group, that is nothing short of impressive.

* DeathMetal band Avulsed released a compilation of re-recorded songs titled ''Deathgeneration'' in 2016 to celebrate their 25th anniversary. While they aren't a household name among death metal listeners outside their home country of Spain, they have a sizable worldwide fanbase and are respected heavily by their fellow musicians, to the point that they were able to gather a whopping ''16'' guest vocalists for the album to create what is essentially a love letter to both their career and 90s-style death metal, almost ''all'' of whom are at least somewhat well-known. Of them all, only four (Ludovic Loez, Paul Zavaleta, Ville, and Bongo) could genuinely be considered completely underground. The rest of the lineup (brace yourselves) includes Per Boder (God Macabre), [[Music/{{Autopsy}} Chris Reifert]], Music/RoggaJohansson, [[Music/{{Demilich}} Antti Boman]], Anton Reisenegger (Criminal), [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]], Kam Lee (Massacre), Will Rahmer (Mortician), John [=McEntee=] (Incantation), Johan Jansson (ex-Centinex), Mike van Mastrigt (ex-Sinister), and [[Music/AtTheGates Tomas Lindberg]]. To put the icing on the cake, [[Music/EdgeOfSanity Dan Swano]] mastered the record, while [[Music/NapalmDeath Barney Greenway]] and [[Music/{{Vader}} Piotr Wiwczarek]] were also allegedly supposed to appear, but for unknown reasons their recordings did not make the final cut. For a fairly lesser-known group, that is nothing short of impressive.

* This trope is the Raison d'être of the {{Supergroup}}, which assembles a group of famous musicians (or members of famous bands) and draws in fans with the promise of awesomeness by amalgamation. A special mention needs to go to Music/TheTravelingWilburys, who assembled an utterly unbelievable amount of talent (to quote its own trope page," Music/BobDylan. Music/RoyOrbison. Music/TomPetty. Music/GeorgeHarrison and [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]]. Holy Shit.")-- and then released the entire thing under a StageName, with no reference to who they really were, because they were doing it to have fun and work with each other.

* ''A Tribute to Tradition'' was a country album released in 1998 featuring covers of classic country songs performed by a wide variety of popular country stars of the time, including Music/TheChicks, Music/RandyTravis, Music/TraceAdkins, and Music/MartinaMcBride. Of particular note is "Same Old Train", the closing track and the only original song on the album, which is performed by a who's who of country stars past and present: Music/ClintBlack, Music/JoeDiffie,, Music/MerleHaggard, Emmylou Harris, Music/AlisonKrauss, Music/PattyLoveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Music/PamTillis, Music/RandyTravis, Music/TravisTritt, and Music/DwightYoakam.

* ''Tribute to Tradition'' was a country album released in 1998 featuring covers of classic country songs performed by a wide variety of popular country stars of the time, including Music/TheChicks, Music/RandyTravis, Music/TraceAdkins, and Music/MartinaMcBride. Of particular note is "Same Old Train", the closing track and the only original song on the album, which is performed by a who's who of country stars past and present: Music/ClintBlack, Music/JoeDiffie,, Music/MerleHaggard, Emmylou Harris, Music/AlisonKrauss, Music/PattyLoveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Music/PamTillis, Music/RandyTravis, Music/TravisTritt, and Music/DwightYoakam.

* Music/QuincyJones himself was fond of spinning through his rolodex of industry friends starting with his 1981 album ''"The Dude"'', but his most famous all-star work apart from "We Are the World" is his 1989 album ''Back on the Block'', which featured three generations of soul, pop, rhythm & blues and jazz talent. The album included vocalists Take 6, [[Music/PrincesAssociates Tevin Campbell]], Andraé Crouch, Seidah Garrett, Music/RayCharles, Chaka Khan, Bobby [=McFerrin=], Music/EllaFitzgerald, Al Jarreau, Sarah Vaughn, [[Music/DeBarge El DeBarge]], James Ingram, Music/AlBSure and Music/BarryWhite; rappers Music/IceT, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane and Music/KoolMoeDee; guitarist George Benson; bassists Nathan East and Louis Johnson; keyboard players [[Music/WeatherReport Josef Zawinul]], Music/HerbieHancock, Steve Porcaro, George Duke, Ian Underwood, and Rod Temperton & Greg Phillinganes[[note]]two players who performed with and programmed nearly every keyboard sound for Music/MichaelJackson and Music/StevieWonder[[/note]]; horn and sax players Music/MilesDavis, Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody; and drum & percussionists Harvey Mason, John Robinson and [[Music/PrincesAssociates Sheila E.]] All told, ''over 100'' world-famous musicians, engineers and producers collaborated on the commercially and critically successful album, and ''Back on the Block'' remains the only album to score both Best Jazz Fusion Performance and Best Rap Performance at the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy|Award}}s (it also garnered the Album of the Year award in 1990, amongst others that year.)

* The intersection of films and songs is of course concert movies, and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/TheLastWaltz'', which documented and celebrated the last performance of Music/TheBand, assembled a murderer's row of talent. Aside from the group themselves, there were performances from Music/EricClapton, Music/JoniMitchell, Music/NeilYoung, Music/VanMorrison, Music/MuddyWaters, Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, and Bobby Charles ([[WTHCastingAgency Neil Diamond]] too, but we don't like to talk about him)--and of course, a set by Music/BobDylan, who brought The Band to prominence as his backing group before they went solo. Oh, and just for completeness sake, the last song adds in [[Music/TheBeatles Ringo Starr]] and [[Music/TheRollingStones Ron Wood]] as backing musicians.