who sings gimme shelter with mick jagger
Merry Clayton
title: Merry Clayton text: Merry Clayton Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) 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." Clayton is featured in "20 Feet from Stardom", the Oscar-winning documentary about background singers and their contributions to the music industry. In 2013, she released "The Best of Merry Clayton", a compilation of her favorite songs. Clayton was born in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana. Clayton was born on Christmas Day, and title: Sasha Allen text: The role included duetting with Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter". Her songs Oh! Darling peaked # 29 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs, Ain't No Way # 17, Next To Me # 39, and I Will Always Love You # 39. Sasha Allen Sasha Sierra Allen (born June 4, 1982) is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Harlem, New York, she began her career in the music industry as a backing vocalist for the likes of Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Leona Lewis, and Usher. In January 2016, she joined the Rolling Stones touring band. Allen portrayed title: Merry Clayton text: known for her 1969 duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter," though on some releases her name is misspelled as "Mary." According to Jagger, this collaboration came about due partially to chance. Jagger states that they thought “it’d be great to have a woman come do the…chorus.” They called Clayton “randomly” in the middle of the night, and she showed up to the studio “in curlers” and did the verse in a few takes, which Jagger remarks is “pretty amazing.” The Stones had asked Bonnie Bramlett to sing on the song, but Bramlett's husband, Delaney, refused title: Gimme Shelter text: Gimme Shelter "Gimme Shelter" is the opening track to the 1969 album "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones. Greil Marcus, writing in "Rolling Stone" magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has "never done anything better". Although the first word was spelled "Gimmie" on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made "Gimme" the customary spelling. The recording features Richards playing in an open tuning on electric guitar. The recording also features vocals by Merry Clayton. "Gimme Shelter" was written by the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger title: Gimme Shelter text: is Lisa Fischer, the only woman to appear in all their tours since 1989. In their 2012 50th anniversary tour, the Rolling Stones sang this song with Mary J. Blige, Florence Welch, and Lady Gaga. "Gimme Shelter" was never released as a single. Nevertheless, it has been included on many compilation releases, including "Gimme Shelter", "Hot Rocks 1964–1971", "Forty Licks", and "GRRR!" Michel Gondry, an Academy Award-winning French filmmaker, directed a music video for the song, which was released in 1998. The video features a sixteen-year old Brad Renfro, playing a young man escaping with his brother from a dysfunctional