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Merry Clayton

(1948) Singer United States

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Merry Clayton is a singer from the United States.

Quick Facts About Merry Clayton

Born: December 25, 1948
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer

About Merry Clayton

Merry Clayton is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter". Clayton is prominently featured in 20 Feet from Stardom, the Oscar-winning documentary about background singers and their contributions to the music industry.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Merry Clayton

My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke…

Also

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I was very proud to be Mrs. Curtis Amy. My thing in life when I married Curtis Amy was being Mrs. Curtis…

Always

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I was signed to A&M, I was signed to Lou Adler, who had a company within a company, which was A&M Records,…

Business

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My family is part Creole, and were Indian, and were also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.

Black

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Carole King is one of my dearest friends. Were like family.

Dearest friend

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I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15.…

Background

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I remember working with Ray Charles when I was quite young, and I would wonder, 'Why would he sing 'Georgia On My…

Charles

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Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

Boy

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I have always said every good thing is divinely sent from heaven.

Always

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Carole King is one of my dearest friends. We're like family.

Dearest

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My mother was a lupus patient. I was a child with the lupus gene.

Child

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I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if…

Able

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Stay cool, stay humble, stay beautiful, and just do the work

Beautiful

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I felt like if I just gave my heart to what I was doing, I would automatically be a star.

Felt

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I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles.

Always

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You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do background. It's according to the work that you put in.

According

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Back when I was working with the Stones and with Joe Cocker and Neil Young and Neil Diamond and all of those…

Back

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My family is part Creole, and we're Indian, and we're also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.

Also

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I got put out of my church choir because my pastor said, 'We can't have baby sister singing the blues and coming…

Baby

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I knew how to sing in choirs and sing in church, but I didn't know how to sing in a studio. That's…

Blossoms

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