(05-06-2020, 10:19 AM)SamuelMcF Wrote: Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane
Clare Torry (bonus points if you know what she sang!)
Clare Torry. I had no idea who she was. But I should have! One of my all-time favorite performances on one of the greatest rock 'n roll albums of all time ...and she never sang a "word" (literally.) Ok, I can't resist...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAcDOpd0Lv0
P.S. there's a great story about the recording of Gimme Shelter. I don't remember all the details but I believe the Stones called up the female singer in the middle of the night as they were set to record the tune in their studio (I think in L.A.?). She was in hair curlers, was awoken but...given that she was relatively undiscovered and she had the impromptu chance to appear on a Stones tune, she got up, rushed to the studio. Her voice cracking when hitting the high note on "murder!" apparently gave Mick Jagger chills...you can actually hear him yell "yeah!" right after her voice cracks... and the rest was history. It gives me chills too!