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.
[6] 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).
[7] For the 1978 feature film Grease soundtrack, Bullens provided vocals on three songs ("It's Raining on Prom Night", "Mooning", and "Freddy, My Love").
[11] Bullens performed with a live band, consisting of keyboardist Trantham Whitley, bassist Howard Epstein, drummer Thom Mooney, and Doyle.
[5] It features Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Bryan Adams, with other additional musicians, including George Marinelli, Benmont Tench, Kenny Edwards, and Michael Rhodes.
In 2001, Bullens released Neverland; co-produced with Ray Kennedy, the album features Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and John Hiatt.
Delbert McClinton sings a duet with Bullens on "This Ain't Love" and Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield adds his voice to "7 Days".
The CD is a compilation of songs he co-wrote in Nashville during the early and mid-1990s with Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Al Anderson, Matraca Berg, Mary Ann Kennedy, Kye Fleming, and Jimmy Tittle.
[citation needed] In 2007, Bullens formed a new group, The Refugees, with music veterans Wendy Waldman and Deborah Holland.
[5] Bullens is also the subject of the award-winning documentary short The Gender Line (directed by TJ Parsell and produced by Bill Brimm), which played in many film festivals worldwide in 2019–20.