Merry Clayton cut the original version of The Shoop-Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) in 1963, arranged and conducted by Jack Nitzsche. This is a year ahead of Betty Everett, who had the hit with it in 1964...because the arranging and conducting were better - downright historic, IMHO.

Betty Everett put more bottom range into her vocal, which may be Nitzsche's bad call as well.  Not enough shoop in it, not to mention a naive approach to arranging multiple instruments, while swooping strings and forceful horns carried the day for Everett. 

https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/2939

What would Betty Everett have done with Gimme Shelter?

Well, I have that single and Uploaded an MP3 from it, that was in fact her third release

Please check our website about Merry Clayton

Main: http://www.rocksoff.org/merry.htm

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Solo: http://rocksoff.org/merry-solo.html

With others: http://rocksoff.org/merry-sessions.htm

This is a copy of my single

http://www.rocksoff.org/headers2021/merry-clayton-001.jpg

One of my favorite pictures of Merry, three of the singers there have recorded with The Rolling Stones

http://www.rocksoff.org/headers2021/j1-merry-with-curtis-and-ray-mini.jpg
Ray Charles performing with “The Raelettes” and Curtis Amy on sax
Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy – April 30, 1967 © Ferdinando Scianna