Cidny Bullens
American singer-songwriter
Cidny Bullens (formerly known as Cindy Bullens; born March 21, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, who is best known for serving as backup vocalist on tours and albums with Elton John and Rod Stewart, providing vocals on the soundtrack of the 1978 feature film Grease, and for nine critically acclaimed solo albums. In 2012, Bullens publicly came out as a transgender man and changed his name to Cidny Bullens.
Career
1970s: Early career
At the beginning of his music career, Bullens (then Cindy Bullens) was a backing vocalist. In 1974, Bullens performed backing vocals on Gene Clark's album No Other, and Don Everly's solo album Sunset Towers. In 1975, he was one of the Sex-O-Lettes on the self-titled debut album by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes. Bullens also had featured backing vocals on Rod Stewart's 1975 album Atlantic Crossing. Throughout his career, Bullens made guest appearances as a backing vocalist on multiple albums, such as Bryan Adams' You Want It, You Got It, among others.
In the mid-1970s, Bullens nearly appeared on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue through his connection with Bob Neuwirth. Instead, he became known for touring with Elton John, as his backing vocalist on three major tours. Bullens featured on John's 1976 album Blue Moves and on his hit song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", with Kiki Dee (both released in 1976).
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