Clydie King (Brown
Sugar)
(Clydie Mae
King)
Cantant,
vocalista d'acompanyament
Naixement: 21
agost 1943, Dallas
Mort: 7 gener
2019
Descoberta pel
compositor Richard Berry, King va començar la seva carrera d'enregistrament en 1956
amb Little Clydie and the Teens; abans de ser membre de Raelettes de Ray
Charles durant tres anys.
Va contribuir
als enregistraments de principis dels anys seixanta de productor Phil Spector.
Va gravar senzills en solitari per Specialty Records, Kent Records i altres.
Va proporcionar
les veus de suport per a Humble Pie, i va esdevenir una cantant de sessió molt
sol·licitada, va treballar amb Venetta Fields i Sherlie Matthews i va gravar
amb BB King, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan , Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan,
Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Dickey Betts, Joe Walsh i molts altres.
Enregistraments
singles
1956: Little
Clydie & The Teens: "A Casual Look" / "Oh Me"
1957: Clydie
King: "Our Romance" / "Written On The Wall"
1958: Clydie
King: "I'm Invited To Your Party" / "Young Foolish Love"
1960: The
Meadowlarks: "There's A Girl" / "Blue Mood"
1961: The
Meadowlarks: "It's Stompin' Time (Part 1)" / "It's Stompin' Time
(Part 2)"
1962: Clydie
King & The Sweet Things: "The Boys In My Life" /
"Promises"
1962: Clydie
King & Mel Carter: "Who Do You Love" / "The Wrong Side Of
Town"
1962: Clydie
King: "Turn Around" / "Don't Hang Up The Phone"
1963: Clydie
King and The Sweet Things: "Only The Guilty Cry" / "By Now"
1965: Bonnie
& The Treasures: "Home Of The Brave" / "Our Song"
1965: Clydie
King: "The Thrill Is Gone" / "If You Were A Man"
1965: Clydie
King: "Missin' My Baby" / "My Love Grows Deeper"
1966: Clydie
King: "He Always Comes Back To Me" / "Soft and Gentle Ways"
1967: Jimmy
Holiday and Clydie King: "Ready, Willing and Able" / "We Got a
Good Thing Goin'"
1967: Clydie
King: "One Of Those Good For Cryin' Over You Days" / "My
Mistakes Of Yesterday"
1967: Clydie
King: "I'll Never Stop Loving You" / "Shing-A-Ling"
1969 Clydie
King: "Love Now, Pay Later" / "One Part, Two Part" (Minit
32054)
1969: The
Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles: "The Mighty Quinn" /
"Chimes of Freedom"
1969: The
Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles: "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
/ "Mr. Tambourine Man"
1970: Clydie
King: "Never Like This Before" / "The Long and Winding
Road"
1971: Clydie
King: "'Bout Love" / "First Time, Last Time"
1972; Barry
Goldberg & Clydie King: "Mockingbird"" / "Jackson
Highway"
1972: Brown
Sugar: "Somebody Stronger" / "One Way Street Called Love"
1972: The Blackberries:
"Somebody Up There" / "But I Love Him"
1973: The
Blackberries: "Don't Change On Me" / "Twist and Shout"
1973: Brown
Sugar: "Don't Hold Back" / "Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together
Again)"
1973: Brown
Sugar: "Don't Hold Back" / "Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together
Again)"
1973: Brown
Sugar: "Sugar, Didn't I" / "Moonlight and Taming You"
1974: Brown
Sugar: "Dance To The Music" / "Love Can Bring You Down"
1974: The
Blackberries: "Life Is Full Of Joy" / "Yesterday's Music"
1975: Clydie
King: "Punish Me" / "Punish Me"
1977: Clydie
King: "Streets Full Of Flowers" / "Streets Full Of Flowers"
Enregistraments
Àlbums
1972: Clydie
King: “Direct Me”
1973: Brown
Sugar: “Brown Sugar featuring Clydie King”
1976: Clydie
King: “Rushing to Meet You”
2007: Clydie
King: “The Imperial & Minit Years”
Enregistraments
Com a vocalista d'acompanyament
Ray Charles:
“It's a Blues Thing” (1995)
Ray Charles:
“King sang "Ode to Billie Joe"”(1968)
Ray Charles:
“Love Country Style” (1970) - duet oen"Sweet Memories"
Crabby
Appleton: “Rotten to the Core” (1971)
The Supremes:
“Nathan Jones” (1971)
Beaver and
Krause: “Walkin' By the River on Gandarva” (1971)
Madura: “Madura
II” (1973)
Dickey Betts:
“Atlanta's Burning Down” (1978)
Neil Diamond:
“Tap Root Manuscript” (1970)
Bob Dylan: “Saved”
(1980)
Bob Dylan:
“Shot of Love” (1981)
Bob Dylan: “Infidels” (1983)
Bob Dylan:
“Biograph” (1985)
Bob Dylan:
“Down in the Groove” (1988)
Bob Dylan: “The
Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3”
Bob Dylan: “The
Bootleg Series Vol. 13”
Bob Dylan:
“Trouble No More”
Chuck Girard:
“Take It Easy” (1979)
Humble Pie:
“Eat It” (1973)
Elton John:
“Caribou” (1974)
B.B. King:
“Indianola Mississippi Seeds” (1970)
Gary St. Clair:
“Gary St. Clair” (1971)
Lynyrd Skynyrd:
"Sweet Home Alabama" (1974)
Martha Reeves:
“Martha Reeves” (1974)
The Rolling
Stones: “Exile on Main St.” (1972)
Linda Ronstadt:
“Don't Cry Now” (1973)
Linda Ronstadt:
“Heart Like A Wheel) (1974)
Diana Ross:
“Baby It's Me” (1977)
Dusty
Springfield: “Cameo” (1973)
Steely Dan:
“Can't Buy A Thrill” (1972)
Steely Dan:
“The Royal Scam” (1976)
Steely Dan:
“Aja” (1977)
Jean Terrell:
“I Had to Fall in Love” (1978)
Joe Walsh: “The
Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get” (1973)
Barbra
Streisand: “A Star Is Born” (1976”