Clydie King is an American singer best known for her session work as a backing vocalist.
Discovered by songwriter Richard Berry, King began her recording career in 1956 with Little Clydie and the Teens, she was a member of Ray Charles' Raeletts and contributed to early 60's recordings by producer Phil Spector. King went on to become an in-demand session singer alongside Venetta Fields and Shirley Matthews and record with The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan and many others. Richard Berry (April 11, 1935-January 23, 1997) was an American singer and songwriter. ... stinken:For Ray Charles of the Ray Charles Singers, and longtime vocal conductor for Perry Como, see Ray Charles (elder). ... Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Phil Spector (born December 26, 1940) is a highly influential American record producer who turned out some of the best-known popular music of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Vanetta Field was originally a back up singer for R&B legend Ike Turner. ... The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ... Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band based around musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ...
Selected list of recorddings
As backing vocalist
As soloist
1956 Little Clydie and the Teens: A Casual Look
1965 Clydie King: Missin' My Baby (Imperial Records)
ClydieKing is an American singer best known for her session work as a backing vocalist.
Discovered by songwriter Richard Berry, King began her recording career in 1956 with Little Clydie and the Teens, she was a member of Ray Charles' Raeletts for three years and contributed to early '60s recordings by producer Phil Spector.
King went on to become an in-demand session singer alongside Venetta Fields and Sherlie Matthews and record with The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan and many others.
Clydie's lead singing can be hearad on some of the CD's strongest tracks, such as the excellent "You have a Way with Me", with her voice over a slow electric piano backing.
Clydie waved her arms about (because she was the Arranger) and they went out and friggin' sang 'em just like that.
Perhaps not working as prolifically as Clydie, Venetta and Sherlie - Billie would still have run into them - and in 1969, along with Clydie and Sherlie she was part of the Brothers and Sisters of LA group who, as previously mentioned, released a couple of singles on AandM.
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