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BLP sources|date=September 2010 Clydie Crittendon (born Clydie May King ,The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (2006), Michael Gray August 21, 1943, Atlanta, Georgia ) is an United States|American singer , best known for her session musician|session work as a backing vocalist .

Discovered by songwriter Richard Berry , King began her recording career in 1956 with Little Clydie and the Teens; before she was a member of Ray Charles ' Raeletts for three years and contributed to early 1960s sound recording and reproduction|recordings by producer Phil Spector . She recorded solo single (music)|singles for Specialty Records , Kent Records and others.

King provided backing vocals for Humble Pie (band)|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 The Rolling Stones , Steely Dan , Bob Dylan , Linda Ronstadt , Dickey Betts and many others.

She was a member of The Blackberries with Fields and Matthews and sang on Joe Cocker 's Mad Dogs and Englishmen (album)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, which became a feature film.

Discography


Singles


  • 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: " Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)|The Mighty Quinn " / " Chimes of Freedom " (Ode 121)

  • 1969 The Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles: " The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|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 (song)|Mockingbird dn|date=October 2011" / "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)

  • 1976 Brown Sugar: "The Game Is Over (What's The Matter With You)" / "I'm Going Through Changes Now" (Capitol 4198)

  • 1976 Brown Sugar: "Don't Tie Me Down" / "Lay Some Lovin' On Me" (Capitol 4367)


    • Albums


  • 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: ' http://www.statesiderecords.com The Imperial & Minit Years (Stateside Records, 5099950958122)


    • As backing vocalist (selected)


  • Ray Charles : Love Country Style - King duetted with Charles on "Sweet Memories"

  • Crabby Appleton : Rotten to the Core 1971

  • The Rolling Stones : Exile on Main St. 1972

  • Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie : Eat It (Humble Pie album)|Eat It 1973

  • Martha Reeves : Martha Reeves, Produced by Richard Perry 1974

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd : " Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama " 1974 Tom Dupree, http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/alkooper/articles/story/9437632/lynyrd_skynyrd_in_sweet_home_atlanta Lynyrd Skynyrd in Sweet Home Atlanta, Rolling Stone , October 24, 1974. Accessed online 17 September 2006.

  • Steely Dan : '' Can't Buy A Thrill 1972, The Royal Scam 1976, Aja (album)|Aja 1977

  • A Star is Born (Movie Soundtrack) 1976

  • Diana Ross : '' Baby It's Me 1977

  • Dickey Betts : '' Atlanta's Burning Down 1978

  • Jean Terrell : I Had to Fall in Love 1978

  • Bob Dylan : Saved (album)|Saved 1980, Shot of Love 1981, Infidels 1983

  • Ray Charles : ''It's a Blues Thing 1995 - King sang " Ode to Billie Joe "

  • Chuck Girard : Take It Easy 1979

  • Les Dudek : Say No More (Les Dudek album)|Say No More 1977 - King sang " Baby Sweet Baby "


    • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.geocities.jp/hideki_wtnb/clydieking.html Clydie King Web Site — by Hideki Watanabe

  • http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/cking.htm Soulful Kinda Music — Clydie King Discography

  • Allmusic|class=artist|id=p18681|pure_url=yes Clydie King credits at Allmusic

  • http://humble-pie.net/the_blackberries/html/the_blackberries.html The Complete Blackberries - Documentation of the lady singers in Humble Pie


    • Persondata | NAME = King, Clydie
    | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
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    | DATE OF BIRTH = August 21, 1943
    | PLACE OF BIRTH = Dallas , Texas
    | DATE OF DEATH =
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    DEFAULTSORT:King, Clydie Category:American musicians
    Category:American singers
    Category:American session musicians
    Category:Musicians from Dallas, Texas
    Category:Specialty Records artists
    Category:Kent Records artists
    Category:RPM Records artists
    Category:Imperial Records artists
    Category:Capitol Records artists
    Category:RCA Victor artists
    Category:Living people
    Category:1943 births

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