Yello's
sound is mainly characterized by unusual music samples, a heavy
reliance on rhythm and Dieter Meier's dark voice. Boris Blank has taken
a couple of vocal turns; on "Swing" (from You Gotta Say Yes to Another
Excess) and "Blazing Saddles" (from Flag), and guest vocalists have
included Rush Winters (the first female diva to be featured on a Yello
recording), Billy MacKenzie, Stina Nordenstam, Jade Davies and Shirley
Bassey. The group has shared writing credit with MacKenzie and Winters.
Yello rarely uses samples from previousl
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