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Monday, February 25, 2019
Music Deaths: Clydie King: Backing Vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama" and Many Others
CLYDIE KING, 75
Died January 7, 2019
Best-known for her backing vocals vocal work. Sang with Steely Dan, Rolling Stones, Barbra Steisand, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker and Joe Walsh. She was a member of Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen."
Along with Merry Clayton, she sang Backing vocals on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama."
Also sang solo. Check out her "Our Romance" from 1957 and "A Casual Look" from 1956. Great doo-wop.
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