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American singer (1943–2019)
Clydie King
King in 1981
Birth name Clydie Mae King Also known as Brown Sugar Born (1943-08-21 ) August 21, 1943Dallas , Texas, U.S.Died January 7, 2019(2019-01-07) (aged 75 )Monrovia , California, U.S. Occupation(s ) Singer Instrument(s ) Vocals Years active 1956–1984 Labels Specialty Records , Kent Records Formerly of
Musical artist
Clydie Mae King (August 21, 1943 – January 7, 2019)[1] [2] session work as a backing vocalist. King also recorded solo under her name. In the 1970s, she recorded as Brown Sugar , and her single "Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together Again)" reached No. 44 on the Billboard R&B charts[3]
Life and career [ edit ]
King was born in Dallas , Texas, and following her mother's death when she was two years old, she was raised by her older sister, Lula Mae Crittendon.[4] [4] Richard Berry , King began her recording career in 1956 with Little Clydie and the Teens. She was a member of Ray Charles ' Raelettes for three years and contributed to early 1960s recordings by producer Phil Spector , such as "River Deep – Mountain High .[5] singles for Specialty Records , Kent Records and others. Her 1971 solo single "'Bout Love" reached No. 45 on the R&B chart .[6] [7] Direct Me , Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Diana than robust Martha and addresses the title plea to Gabriel Mekler , who (this time, anyway) proves neither as sly nor as robust as Berry Gordy ."[8]
King provided backing vocals for Humble Pie , which had great success in the United States, and she went on to become an in-demand session singer, worked with Venetta Fields and Sherlie Matthews and recorded with B.B. King , The Rolling Stones , Steely Dan , Barbra Streisand , Bob Dylan , Linda Ronstadt , Joe Cocker , Dickey Betts , Joe Walsh , and many others. She was a member of The Blackberries with Fields and Matthews and sang on Joe Cocker 's Mad Dogs and Englishmen Ray Charles in The Raelettes from 1965 to 1968. In 1971, she was featured on the Beaver and Krause album Gandarva . She sang the lead vocal on the gospel-inflected "Walkin' By the River." Ray Brown played bass on the cut.
Along with Merry Clayton , she sang the background vocals on Lynyrd Skynyrd's seminal hit "Sweet Home Alabama ".
King was married two, or three times. Her first husband was Robin Hale, with whom she had three sons: Christopher, Randy, and Magge Hale. Her second husband was Tony Collins, with whom she had a daughter, Delores Collins.[4]
In 1998, newspapers reported that Bob Dylan 's then girlfriend, Susan Ross, had stated that Dylan had been secretly married to Clydie King and had two children by her. Ross also stated that he had had long-term relationships with other backing vocalists including Helena Springs , Carol Woods and Carol Dennis .[9] [10] [11]
King died on January 7, 2019, in a Monrovia, California hospital at the age of 75 from complications of a blood infection .[4] [1]
Discography [ edit ]
Singles [ edit ]
1956 Little Clydie & The Teens: "A Casual Look" / "Oh Me" (RPM 462)
1957 Clydie King: "Our Romance" / "Written On The Wall" (Specialty 605)
1958 Clydie King: "I'm Invited To Your Party" / "Young Foolish Love" (Specialty 642)
1960 The Meadowlarks: "There's A Girl" / "Blue Mood" (Original Sound 12)
1961 The Meadowlarks: "It's Stompin' Time (Part 1)" / "It's Stompin' Time (Part 2)" (Interlude 101)
1962 Clydie King & The Sweet Things: "The Boys In My Life" / "Promises" (Philips 40001)
1962 Clydie King & Mel Carter : "Who Do You Love" / "The Wrong Side Of Town" (Philips 40049)
1962 Clydie King: "Turn Around" / "Don't Hang Up The Phone" (Philips 40051)
1963 Clydie King and The Sweet Things: "Only The Guilty Cry" / "By Now" (Philips 40107)
1965 Bonnie & The Treasures: "Home Of The Brave" / "Our Song" (Phi-Dan 5005)
1965 Clydie King: "The Thrill Is Gone" / "If You Were A Man" (Imperial 66109)
1965 Clydie King: "Missin' My Baby" / "My Love Grows Deeper" (Imperial 66139)
1966 Clydie King: "He Always Comes Back To Me" / "Soft and Gentle Ways" (Imperial 66172)
1967 Jimmy Holiday and Clydie King: "Ready, Willing and Able" / "We Got a Good Thing Goin'" (Minit 32021)
1967 Clydie King: "One Of Those Good For Cryin' Over You Days" / "My Mistakes Of Yesterday" (Minit 32025)
1967 Clydie King: "I'll Never Stop Loving You" / "Shing-A-Ling" (Minit 32032)
1969 Clydie King: "Love Now, Pay Later" / "One Part, Two Part" (Minit 32054)
1969 The Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles: "The Mighty Quinn " / "Chimes of Freedom " (Ode 121)
1969 The Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles: "The Times They Are A-Changin' " / "Mr. Tambourine Man " (Ode 123)
1970 Clydie King: "Never Like This Before" / "The Long and Winding Road " (Lizard 21005)
1971 Clydie King: "'Bout Love" / "First Time, Last Time" (Lizard 21007)
1972 Barry Goldberg & Clydie King: "Mockingbird"" / "Jackson Highway" (Reprise 1120)
1972 Brown Sugar: "Somebody Stronger" / "One Way Street Called Love" (Abkco 5001)
1972 The Blackberries: "Somebody Up There" / "But I Love Him" (Mowest 5020)
1973 The Blackberries: "Don't Change On Me" / "Twist and Shout " (A & M 1442)
1973 Brown Sugar: "Don't Hold Back" / "Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together Again)" (Bullet 711)
1973 Brown Sugar: "Don't Hold Back" / "Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together Again)" (Chelsea 78–0125)
1973 Brown Sugar: "Sugar, Didn't I" / "Moonlight and Taming You" (RCA APBO-0149)
1974 Clydie King & Brown Sugar: "Dance To The Music" / "Love Can Bring You Down" (RCA APBO-0239)
1974 The Blackberries: "Life Is Full Of Joy" / "Yesterday's Music" (A & M 1630)
1975 Clydie King: "Punish Me" / "Punish Me" (instrumental) (U.K. 2801)
1977 Clydie King: "Streets Full Of Flowers" / "Streets Full Of Flowers" (instrumental) (Whisper WX 2345)
1972 Clydie King: Direct Me (Lizard / Ampex Records, A-20104)
1973 Brown Sugar: Brown Sugar featuring Clydie King (Chelsea Records, BCL1-0368)
1976 Clydie King: Rushing to Meet You (Tiger Lily Records, TL 14037)
2007 Clydie King: The Imperial & Minit Years (Stateside Records, 5099950958122)
As backing vocalist (selected) [ edit ]
Ray Charles : It's a Blues Thing 1995 – King sang "Ode to Billie Joe " rec. 1968
Diana Ross and the Supremes : No Matter What Sign You Are
Ray Charles : Love Country Style
Crabby Appleton : Rotten to the Core 1971
The Supremes: Nathan Jones
Beaver and Krause : Walkin' By the River on Gandarva 1971
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas : Bless You
Madura : Madura II 1973
Dickey Betts : Atlanta's Burning Down
Neil Diamond : Tap Root Manuscript Childsong and Missa
Bob Dylan : Saved Shot of Love Infidels Biograph Down in the Groove The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981
Chuck Girard : Take It Easy 1979
Humble Pie : Eat It
Elton John : Caribou
B.B. King : Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1970 – Angelic Chorus on "Hummingbird"
Gary St. Clair : Gary St. Clair 1971
Lynyrd Skynyrd : "Sweet Home Alabama " 1974[12]
Martha Reeves : Martha Reeves , Produced by Richard Perry 1974
The Rolling Stones : Exile on Main St.
The Doors : Full Circle
Linda Ronstadt : Don't Cry Now Heart Like A Wheel
Diana Ross : Baby It's Me
Dusty Springfield : Cameo
Steely Dan : Can't Buy A Thrill The Royal Scam Aja
Jean Terrell : I Had to Fall in Love
Joe Walsh : The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
Barbra Streisand : A Star Is Born Venetta Fields as The Oreos 1976
B.W. Stevenson : My Maria 1973 - backup vocals with Bill & Taffy Danoff, Daniel J. Moore*, Lorna Willard, Venetta Fields
References [ edit ]
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 326.
^ a b c d Russonello, Giovanni (January 14, 2019). "Clydie King, Top-Tier Backup Singer, Is Dead at 75" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
^ Love, Darlene (1998). My name is Love ISBN 978-0-688-15657-2
^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995 247 . ISBN 0-89820-115-2
^ "Billboard" . May 22, 1971. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "Bob Dylan: The secret life and loves of a musical icon" . The Irish Independent . May 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
^ Moss, Stephen (May 24, 2001). "Things you ought to know about Bob Dylan" . The Guardian . Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
^ "Bob Dylan's love life has proved to be every bit as complex as his legendary songs" . Belfasttelegraph . Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
^ Dupree, Tom. Lynyrd Skynyrd in Sweet Home Atlanta Archived March 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , Rolling Stone
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