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  • Merry Clayton
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  • Living people
  • American female singers
  • American gospel singers
  • American soul singers
  • 1948 births
  • Backing vocalists
  • R&B musicians from New Orleans
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  • Soul - gospel - rhythm 'n' blues disco singer - actressBorn on 25.12.1948 in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana.Wife of the late jazz artist Curtis AmySister of Little Feat's percussionist Sam Clayton.Debuted at 14 years old in 1962 with the duet with Bobby Darin, %22Who Can I Count On? (When I Can't Count On You)%22.She recorded first %22The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)%22 but it was Betty Everett's version that became a hit the same year.She was one of the original Raelets, the backing vocalists of Ray Charles.She did back vocals on Neil Young's debut in 1968.She is best known for her duet with Mick Jagger on %22Gimme Shelter%22, an intense performance that was revisited decades later in the documentary %2220 Feet from Stardom%22, which won both an Oscar and a Grammy.She is heard at the background of Lynyrd Skynyrd's %22Sweet Home Alabama%22.She went on singing back vocals for Tom Jones, Joe Cocker and Carole King.Her biggest hit is the uptempo %22Yes%22 out of the 1987 soundtrack %22Dirty Dancing%22She released five solo albums through the 70's and one in 1994.
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  • Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) is an American soul and gospel singer and an actress. She provided a number of back-up vocal tracks for major performing artists in the 1960s, most notably in her duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song %22Gimme Shelter.%22 Merry is featured in 20 Feet from Stardom, the Oscar-winning documentary about background singers and their contributions to the music industry. In 2013, she released The Best of Merry Clayton, a compilation of her favorite songs.
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  • %22The Magnificent%22 Merry Clayton
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  • The Lovely Merry Clayton (No. 1)
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  • 1948-12-25
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  • Fontana
  • A&M Records
  • Brushfire Records
  • Ode Records
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  • Gospel
  • Vocal
  • Soul
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