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"Gimme Shelter" [a] is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Jagger–Richards, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. [6] [7] The song covers the brutal realities of war, including murder, rape and fear. [8] [7] It features prominent guest vocals by American singer Merry Clayton.
28 Ιουλ 2014 · And while the British boys did their thing, Merry Clayton’s powerful, piercing backing vocal truly made the song—and the story behind the recording is fantastic. “Gimme Shelter” was my...
The film follows the behind-the-scenes of backup singers and stars Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Táta Vega, and Jo Lawry, Merry Clayton, among many others.
In 1970, Clayton recorded her own version of "Gimme Shelter", and it became the title track of her debut solo album, released that year. Her solo version peaked at No. 73 on the pop charts. Her version would be the first of five singles under her name to crack the Billboard Hot 100.
How did she come to haunt this song? Hear her tell it in the video at the top, an excerpt from, 20 Feet from Stardom, the documentary that gives unsung backing singers some long-overdue exposure. We’ve heard Jagger tell the story before, in an interview we previously highlighted here. “We randomly phoned up ...
Merry Clayton supplied the female vocal on the Rolling Stones’ “GImme Shelter”. If you haven’t seen the 2013 Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, by all means seek it out. It’s about the unheralded backup singers that added the “special sauce” to so many outstanding songs in pop and rock ’n’ roll. Here, we focus on ...
5 Δεκ 2023 · They rang 20-year-old gospel singer Merry Clayton, the daughter of a Baptist minister, who grew up singing in her father’s church in New Orleans, and who was a session backing singer. Clayton...
