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The article published on the website latimes.com is headlined For Clayton, The Gloom Is Gone. It carries a lot of comments on Merry Clayton's spine-chilling vocal on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" , one of the most famed in '60s rock.
In addition the author of the article mentions that the Sanborn project is the first step in a campaign to restore the high-visibility career Clayton enjoyed in the '70s as a solo artist and a leading session vocalist. Her recent focus has been on lucrative but uncredited sessions for advertising jingles, the lower career profile,  was a conscious decision.
In this connection it’s worthwhile mentioning that Clayton, who's married to saxophonist Curtis Amy, also found time last year to join Brilliance, a contemporary gospel group that includes her godmother, Della Reese, and O.C. Smith; the group is currently shopping an album, but her participation has already won rave reviews from one critic,Clayton started singing in her father's Los Angeles church choir when she was 5 and By 14, she had graduated to pop sessions as a background vocalist, later she arranged with school counselors to have gym class scheduled for sixth period, and was regularly plucked from school by producer-arranger Jack Nitzsche to work with the Blossoms vocal group.
Speaking of this situation it is also interesting to note that the Blossoms backed Tom Jones in the studio and Clayton also worked on the "Shindig" TV show,a 1964 duet with Bobby Darin gave the youthful Clayton some name recognition, but her big break came when childhood chum Billy Preston arranged an audition with Ray Charles in 1966;the exposure Clayton received during her 5 1/2-year stint as the lead singer of the Raelettes shifted her session schedule into overdrive, in addition to "Gimme Shelter," she worked on Joe Cocker's memorable early records and Carole King's mega-platinum "Tapestry" LP. Clayton also originated the role of the Acid Queen in the London stage production of "Tommy."
The author concludes the article by saying that she kicked off a moderately successful solo career in the early '70s,two solo albums for MCA in the early '80s were her last releases, but Clayton also moved into the film world, appearing in "Blame It on the Night" and writing and performing the music for "9 1/2 Weeks",Clayton is working on a book about her experiences in the music industry; the final chapter may remain unwritten for some time.
As for me I think that it is really difficult to come back on the stage after a big pause , so I'm happy that Clayton is a person with strong desires , I hope she'll become more successful and famous that she is now.