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BackTalk: Merry Clayton,
Carrying the Chorus (Interview)

August 1, 2013 by: Brett Milano

Merry Clayton is living proof that you can have a glorious career without becoming a household name. In fact, her name wasn’t even spelled right on her biggest moment of mainstream glory, the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”: Though pregnant and bedridden when the Stones called her into an overnight session, she sang the verse that gave the song its drive and...

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