#Merry Clayton

[atduskart]

It took me half an hour of resizing, but I finally managed to enter this piece in the art contest at 400X400 pixels. So most of the detail is lost but you also can't see the flaws!

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Richard Roundtree - Gets Hard Sometimes (MGM)

wrt. & prod. Eugene McDaniels, bass. Richard Davis, flute.Hubert Laws, 1972.

Stellar Line-up on this LP! There's a Female version of this song by Merry Clayton 3 or 4 years later.

[krispyweiss]

Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Clayton, Everyone: Famed Backing Singer Celebrates 75th

Ho, ho, ho - Merry Clayton everybody.

Everybody knows today - Dec. 25 - is Jesus’ 2,023rd birthday. But Clayton - the singer best known for being the female voice on the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” - also hits a milestone, as she turns 75.

Born Christmas Day, 1948, Clayton has the distinction of recording the first version of “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)” and beginning her long career as one of Ray Charles’ Raelettes.

While “Shelter” is Clayton’s most-famous performance, she’s also heard on, among other tracks, Ringo Starr’s “Oh My My,” Carole King’s “Smackwater Jack” and Joe Cocker’s “Feelin’ Alright.” In a bit of irony, she sung on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” after recording her own version of Neil Young’s “Southern Man.”

Clayton’s suffered her share of personal tragedy, including a miscarriage the day after recording “Gimme Shelter” and a 2014 car accident that led to the amputation of her legs.

Her response? The 2021 album Beautiful Scars.

12/25/23

[tfc2211]

Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra - Play With Fire Melanie – Ruby Tuesday Ananda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash Marie Laforet - Marie Douceur - Marie Colère (Paint It Black) David Ari Leon – Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want Odetta – No Expectations The Staple Singers – This May Be The Last Time Interview with Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger Jr.  from the Hells Angels The Kingsmen – Under My Thumb P.P. Arnold – As Tears Go By Bubblerock – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

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[goodblacknews]

MUSIC MONDAY: "AfroStones" - A Blues and R&B-Filled Rolling Stones Collection (LISTEN)

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Back in the fall of 1981 when I was in my first semester at Columbia College, I became friends with a fellow from a Chicagoland suburb. He was a dyed-in-the-wool Rolling Stones fan. One afternoon their version of “Just My Imagination” played on the radio near us. I recall mentioning it was a…

[thenewgothictwice]

Merry Clayton - Country Roads

[groovytimes]

A few favorites from the exhibition.

[rolloroberson]

The Rolling Stones

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ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: BONNIE BRAMLETT ON 'GIMME SHELTER'

ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: BONNIE BRAMLETT ON ‘GIMME SHELTER’

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Gimme Shelter - Merry Clayton, 1970

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[mitjalovse]

The 60's were the period of immense change that got reflected in a variety of ways, yet some musicians we somehow connect with the era didn't really find their place in there. Neil Young, for instance, didn't make himself that visible during the 60's as some of his peers despite his stint at Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Moreover, his solo debut, released during the end of the 60's, felt a bit of out of place, yet something was present there already. I mean, I'm not suprised Chris O'Leary compared Neil Young to David Bowie – I see his point. While they both departed the styles of their introductions later on, their early LPs showed an immense promise within, they just needed to find a better way to make them happen.

[thenewgothictwice]

Merry Clayton - A Song For You

[julio-viernes]

Hay que ver los Rolling Stones, de Merry Clayton a Lady Gaga... Se pierde mucha frescura por el camino, claro que también es cierto que se gana mucho en experiencia...

Alex Cerrato ha subido a la red social esta excelente versión de "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" de Bob Dylan en la incomparable voz de Merry. ¿Una de las cantantes con con más "alma"? Sin duda, una de las mejores cantantes soul de la historia.

Escucho esto y me la puedo imaginar sobre el escenario del Winterland en el concierto de despedida de The Band. Ferpectamente.

En su tercer LP "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" (1975).