Editing Sheryl Crow (section)

===1987–1991: Early career===
After graduating from the [[University of Missouri]], Crow worked as a music teacher at Kellison Elementary School in [[Fenton, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Brown |first= John W. |title= Famous Faces of Missouri |date= April 21, 2006 |publisher= Emmis Books |isbn= 1-57860-251-3 }}</ref> Teaching during the day gave her the opportunity to sing in bands on the weekends. She was later introduced to local musician and record producer [[Jay Oliver]]. He had a studio in the basement of his parents' home in [[St. Louis]] and helped her by using her in advertising [[jingle]]s. Her first jingle was a back-to-school spot for the St. Louis department store [[Famous-Barr]]. Soon after, she sang in commercial jingles for [[McDonald's]] and [[Toyota]]. She was quoted in a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' segment as saying she made $40,000 on the McDonald's ad alone.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheryl-crow-sounds-off-09-01-2003/ |title=Sheryl Crow Sounds Off |access-date=June 9, 2014 |work=CBS News |date=January 9, 2003 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204303/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheryl-crow-sounds-off-09-01-2003/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Crow toured with [[Michael Jackson]] as a backing vocalist during his [[Bad World Tour]] 1987–1989, and often performed with Jackson on "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]".<ref name="allmusicbio">[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p26313/biography|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic.com Sheryl Crow Biography]. Retrieved February 20, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/sheryl-crow-interview-b1863251.html |title=Sheryl Crow: 'We've come a long way since the sexual harassment I endured during the Michael Jackson tour' |work=The Independent |last=Perry |first=Kevin E G |date=June 10, 2021 |access-date=June 27, 2021 }}</ref> She also recorded background vocals for [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Belinda Carlisle]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Kevin Gilbert (musician)|Kevin Gilbert]] and [[Don Henley]].

In 1989, Crow contributed backing vocals to the [[Neal Schon]] track "Smoke of the Revolution" from his album ''[[Late Nite]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/late-nite-mw0000653472/credits|title=Late Nite – Neal Schon – Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402120620/https://www.allmusic.com/album/late-nite-mw0000653472/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>

Crow also sang in the short-lived [[Steven Bochco]] drama ''[[Cop Rock]]'' series finale in 1990 and her song "Heal Somebody" appeared in the film ''[[Bright Angel]]''. In 1991, her recording of "Welcome to the Real Life" featured on the soundtrack to the [[Brian Bosworth]] action film ''[[Stone Cold (1991 film)|Stone Cold]]''. Later that year, her performance of "Hundreds of Tears" was included on the ''[[Point Break (1991 film)|Point Break]]'' soundtrack and she sang a duet with [[Kenny Loggins]] on the track "I Would Do Anything", from his album ''[[Leap of Faith (Kenny Loggins album)|Leap of Faith]]''.