Dorian Holley

Dorian Jose Holley is an American musician backing singer and a vocal coach He began his professional career as a backing vocalist for Michael Jackson who was one of the greatest entertainers of his era during Jacksons Bad world tour in 1987 Jackson staged a series of live concerts for audiences around the world including British royalty Holley traveled with Jackson for all of his subsequent world tours Holley performed with other artists such as Rod Stewart in 1991 and James Taylor in 1994 and since 2019 In 1991 Holley was the singing voice of Choir Boy in the Robert Townsend movie The Five Heartbeats Holleys stage presence and vocal ability were praised by music critics during these performances Holley auditioned to become a featured vocalist on the reality television show Dancing with the Stars He served in that capacity for the first three seasons of the American series and worked for several years as an associate music director and vocal coach for the singing competition show American Idol He worked there with the contestants before and after they appeared before the shows judges and the worldwide television audience In 2008 Holley released his debut album Independent Film In 2009 he worked with Jackson for the last time in preparation for the entertainers illfated concert series This Is It Holley was to serve as a backing vocalist as well as the vocal director for the shows Jacksons death forced the concerts to be canceled In 2010 Holley host a weekend at the LA Music Academy called The Art of the Audition As of 2011 he was the vocalist for the house band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno led by Rickey Minor He is also the Artist Development Director at Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music and teaches in the schools vocal department Dorian is married to trial attorney Shawn Holley who has represented Jackson and been a chief legal correspondent for the E a tv network Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorian Holley licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia