Person

Merry Clayton

Acting · Born 1948-12-25 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Merry Clayton 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".

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  Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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  Cagney & Lacey

  Verna Dee Jordan

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  Nine 1/2 Weeks

  Background Vocal at Porno House

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  Get Bruce!

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  Women Who Rock

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• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

  1988

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  20 Feet from Stardom

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  Cagney & Lacey: The Return

  Verna Dee Jordan

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  Maid to Order

  Audrey James

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  Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

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• 2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned ItSelf
• 2022Women Who RockSelf
• 201320 Feet from StardomSelf
• 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
• 2000A Private AffairBetty
• 1999Get Bruce!Self
• 1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnVerna Dee Jordan
• 1988The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
• 1988Dirty Dancing Live in ConcertHerself
• 1987Maid to OrderAudrey James
• 1986Nine 1/2 WeeksBackground Vocal at Porno House
• 1984Blame It on the NightMerry Clayton
• 1982Cagney & LaceyVerna Dee Jordan