Janice Gadsden Pendarvis is a singer, songwriter, and voiceover artist. She has worked with artists such as David Bowie, Steely Dan, Peter Tosh, Brandy, The O'Jays, Philip Glass, Jimmy Cliff, and The Rolling Stones. Janice provided background vocals for Sting on the album The Dream Of The Blue Turtles which was nominated for a Grammy for "Album of the Year" in 1986. Pendarvis was born and raised in Queens, New York. She started her career as a songwriter and was married to Leon Pendarvis, who is a longtime SNL band-member and keyboardist as well as a music industry composer / arranger. Pendarvis sang on a Roberta Flack background session for the Feel Like Makin' Love album, which included fellow background singers Deniece Williams and Patti Austin. David Spinozza, a good friend of Pendarvis, convinced her to become serious about learning the craft of singing. Her most well-known commercial success has been being featured in the documentary "Bring On The Night", profiling the music of Sting at the beginning of his solo career. She was featured in the music video "If You Love Somebody". She also sang lead on the song "Lightning" from the Philip Glass album Songs from Liquid Days.