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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Merry Clayton is an American soul and gospel singer and an actress. She provided a number of backing vocal tracks for major performing artists in the 1960s, most notably in her duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter".
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- Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self2026
- Women Who Rock — Self2022
- 20 Feet from Stardom — Self2013
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self2003
- A Private Affair — Betty2000
- Get Bruce! — Self1999
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return — Verna Dee Jordan1994
- Dirty Dancing Live in Concert — Herself1988
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1988
- Maid to Order — Audrey James1987
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Merry has recorded with many diverse artists including Elvis Presley, the Supremes, Ray Charles (becoming one of the Raelettes) and the Rolling Stones. In 1962, she recorded the song 'You're The Reason I'm Living' with rock singer Bobby Darin. Merry made her solo debut in 1963 with 'The Doorbell Rings', before recording a version of 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)', a song later popularized by Betty Everett and Cher. Clayton went on to record further singles before beginning a succes
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- A&M Records
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- MerryClaytonHWOFDec2012.jpg
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- Merry Clayton
- date of birth
- 1948-12-25
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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