Merry Clayton - Wikipedia. Merry Clayton (born December 2. American soul and gospel singer and an actress. She provided a number of backing vocal tracks for major performing artists in the 1.

Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter."[1] Clayton is featured in 2. Feet from Stardom, the Oscar- winning documentary about background singers and their contributions to the music industry. In 2. 01. 3, she released The Best of Merry Clayton, a compilation of her favorite songs. Early life[edit]Clayton was born in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Clayton was born on Christmas Day, and earned her name due to the holiday. She is the Daughter of Eva B. Clayton and Reverend A. G. Williams Sr. Clayton was raised in New Orleans as a Christian, and spent much of her time in her father’s parish, New Zion Baptist Church. Watch Face Off Season 3.

After moving to Los Angeles, she joined the now famous singer group “The Blossoms.” [2]Clayton began her recording career in 1. Who Can I Count On? When I Can't Count on You)" as a duet with Bobby Darin on his album "You're the Reason I'm Living." In 1. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)," the same year that Betty Everett's version reached the Top 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00.[3] Early in her career Merry performed with Ray Charles(as one of the Raelettes), who was the only artist her father allowed her to see live.[4] Others include Pearl Bailey, Phil Ochs, Burt Bacharach, Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, and on several tracks from Neil Young's debut album. Clayton is often credited as having recorded with Elvis Presley but her name does not appear in Elvis sessionographies.[5]Clayton is best known for her 1.

Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter," though on some releases her name is misspelled as "Mary." According to Jagger, this collaboration came about due to partially to chance. Jagger states that they thought “it’d be great to have a woman come do the…chorus.” They called Clayton “randomly” in the middle of the night, and she showed up to the studio “in curlers” and did the verse in a few takes, which Jagger remarks is “pretty amazing.”[6] The Stones had asked Bonnie Bramlett to sing on the song, but Bramlett's husband, Delaney, refused to let her perform with the Stones.[7] Clayton also sang backing vocals on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama".[8]In 1. Clayton recorded her own version of "Gimme Shelter," and it became the title track of her debut solo album and peaked at #7. Her version would be the first of five singles under her name to crack the Billboard Hot 1. That same year she performed a live version of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for the soundtrack for Robert Altman film Brewster Mc. Cloud and also contributed vocals to Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg's film Performance. In 1. 97. 1 she co- wrote the song "Sho' Nuff" about her mother.[1.

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She starred as the original Acid Queen in the first London production of The Who's Tommy in 1. In 1. 97. 3, she featured prominently on Ringo Starr's "Oh My My", which reached Billboard's Top 1. In the mid 1. 97.

Clayton sang on The Blackbyrds' R& B hit "Rock Creek Park" and continued to release solo albums throughout the next decade, notching several minor R& B singles. Her soundtrack work continued into the 1. You're Always There When I Need You", the title track for the 1. Get Smart film The Nude Bomb, and the song "Yes" from Dirty Dancing, which hit #4. Hot 1. 00. In 1. 98.

Clayton co- starred with Ally Sheedy in the film Maid to Order and played Verna Dee Jordan in the final season of Cagney & Lacey. In 1. 98. 9, she recorded a cover of "Almost Paradise" with Eric Carmen.[1. In 1. 99. 4 Clayton recorded backing vocals for and sang the "Man with the Golden Gun" bridge on Tori Amos's hit, "Cornflake Girl". In 2. 00. 6, Clayton provided background vocals for Sparta's album Threes on the songs "Atlas" and "Translation". She was featured in the documentary film 2. Feet from Stardom (2. Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Oscar for best documentary at the 8.

Academy Awards. 2. Feet from Stardom also won the 2. Grammy Award for Best Music Film, with the award being presented to the featured artists as well as the production crew. In 2. 01. 4, Clayton provided vocals for G. Love & Special Sauce's album Sugar. In 2. 01. 5, Clayton was featured on two tracks on Coldplay's album A Head Full of Dreams.

Clayton has been sampled in various songs, most notably Watch for the Hook by Cool Breeze featuring Goodie Mobb and supergroup Outkast.[1. Personal life[edit]Clayton was married to jazz artist Curtis Amy from 1. Clayton's brother is the Little Featpercussionist. Sam Clayton.[1. 4]She had a miscarriage upon returning home from recording "Gimme Shelter", according to the LA Times.[1. On June 1. 6, 2. 01. Clayton was severely injured in a car accident in Los Angeles, California.[1.

Both of Clayton's legs were later amputated at the knees due to her suffering "profound trauma to her lower extremities" as a result of the accident.[1. Discography[edit]Studio albums[edit]Year. Album. Label. Peak chartpositions. USUS R& B1. 97. Gimme Shelter. Ode——1. Celebration. Ode——Merry Clayton.

Ode. 18. 03. 61. 97. Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow.

Ode. 14. 65. 01. 97. Emotion. Fontana——1. Miracles. A& M——"—" denotes releases that did not chart. Singles (selected)[edit]Year. Single. Peak chartpositions. Album. USUS R& BUK[1. Gimme Shelter"7. 3——Gimme Shelter.

After All This Time"7. Merry Clayton. 19. Oh No Not My Baby"7.

Non- album song. 19. Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow"4. Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow. Yes"4. 57. 97. 0Dirty Dancing(soundtrack)"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

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Springer, Mike. "Mick Jagger Tells the Story Behind ‘Gimme Shelter’ and Merry Clayton’s Haunting Background Vocals". ^Paytress, Mark (2. The Rolling Stones: Off the Record. Omnibus Press. p. 1. ISBN 9. 78. 07. 11. Dupree, Tom (October 2. Lynyrd Skynyrd in Sweet Home Atlanta".

Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 2. Retrieved September 1. Merry Clayton- Gimme Shelter". Discogs. com. Retrieved July 1.

Heckman, Don (July 1. Merry Clayton from 'Newahlins.'". The New York Times. D1. 1, D2. 2, D2. Who. Sampled." Who. Sampled. N. p., n. Web. 4 June 2. 01.

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The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 1. Lifton, Dave (June 2. Legendary Singer Merry Clayton Seriously Injured in Car Accident".

Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 1. Roberts, David (2. British Hit Singles & Albums (1. London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1- 9. 04. 99. External links[edit].

U2, Mick Jagger, Fergie - "Gimme Shelter" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2. Anniversary Shows.