Merry Clayton

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backing vocalist human soul singer

Merry Clayton is an American soul and gospel singer best known for her powerful, haunting backing vocals on the Rolling Stones' song "Gimme Shelter."

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Merry Clayton canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf backing vocalist ⓘ
human ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
appearedInFilm "20 Feet from Stardom" NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Bobby Darin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carole King NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Music Film NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedFor "20 Feet from Stardom" NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Merry Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-12-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African-American NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
grewUpIn New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
name Merry Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor contributions as a session and backing vocalist ⓘ
powerful, emotional vocal delivery ⓘ
notableWork backing vocals on "Gimme Shelter" ⓘ
occupation recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedOn "Gimme Shelter" NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedBackingVocalsFor The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedBackingVocalsOnSong "Gimme Shelter" NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Ode Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releasedAlbum "Beautiful Scars" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Emotion" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Gimme Shelter" (1970 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Merry Clayton" (1971 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousBackground Christian NERFINISHED ⓘ
sangBackingVocalsFor Bobby Darin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carole King NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
sangInChoirType church choir ⓘ
vocalStyle haunting backing vocals ⓘ
vocalType powerful vocals ⓘ

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Gimme Shelter → vocalContribution → Merry Clayton ⓘ
Gimme Shelter → featuresBackingVocalsBy → Merry Clayton ⓘ
A Head Full of Dreams → featuresArtist → Merry Clayton ⓘ
Let It Bleed → featuresVocalist → Merry Clayton ⓘ
Tapestry (1971 studio album by Carole King) → featuresMusician → Merry Clayton ⓘ
subject surface form: Tapestry
20 Feet from Stardom → featuresPerson → Merry Clayton ⓘ