Selected Pictures
This is just a collection of pictures, all credited to the authors, thanks to all of them. Just a few are reposted from other sections of this website
The age of Merry in the pictures must be calculated as [Year of the picture-1949] as none of the pictures were taken between December 25 and 31
Merry portrait 1963, taken from her first single, uncredited
Merry portrait 1966, © Michael Ochs
"One hurt deserves another" single ad, click the image to listen with thanks to "The Raelettes: Tema"
Ray Charles performing with "The Raelettes" and Curtis Amy on sax
Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy - April 30, 1967 © Ferdinando Scianna
The Raelettes again © Gary Null
Gwen Berry, Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Ray Charles and Alex Brown © Michael Ochs
Changing into the sixties look © GAB Archive/Redferns
This was credted by Rex Features as "GLO - 1968" but it is actually the Big Sur Folk Festival in 1970 (see next)
Merry Clayton and Love Ltd.
The Big Sur Folk Festival, Saturday, October 3, 1970, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA © Jim McCrary
Merry in 1970 by Michael Ochs
Of the 9 pictures on the back of Merry's debut album "Gimme Shelter" only 4 are different, here all in the right rotation © Guy Webster
Not sure about the date and the author, courtesy of Lou Adler
Merry with Lou Adler (right) during the recording sessions of the album "Gimme Shelter"
Merry and husband Curtis Amy live 1971 © Neal Preston
Happy Merry, unknown place, date and author (and I tried)
Outtake from the sessions for the cover of Merry's second album "Merry Clayton" (1971) © Jim McCrary
Merry performing live in 1972 © Rex Features
Pictures above at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, one of the 8 shows there between April 5 and July 15, 1972 © Neal Preston
The four pictures above at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, another of the 8 shows there between April 5 and July 15, 1972 © Michael Ochs
Both pictures above at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, another of the 8 shows there between April 5 and July 15, 1972 © Michael Ochs
A&M records, December 4, 1972 © Michael Putland
Merry with David Measham (conductor of both, The London Symphony Orchestra and The Chambre Choir), "Tommy" rehearsals at the Rainbow Theatre, London, December 9, 1972 © Michael Putland
Maggie Bell (as Tommy's mother) with Merry Clayton (as the Acid Queen)
"It's funkier than any opera will ever be," Merry Clayton said with a giggle. "Let's call it 'The Funky Opera.' It's beautiful. I'd like for the show to go on and on with the original cast."
"Sure we'd like to take it on the road," Maggie Bell agreed. "Merry wants to take it to Broadway."
Merry performing as The Acid Queen at the Rainbow Theatre, London, December 9, 1972 © Michael Putland
Click the image to listen (well, not the one that day but the studio version)
The Cast:
From left: Maggie Bell (Mother), Rod Stewart (Local Lad), Merry Clayton (The Acid Queen), Peter Sellers (Doctor), Sandy Denny (Nurse), Graham Bell (Lover),
Steve Winwood (Father), Roger Daltrey (Tommy), Pete Townshend ((Narrator, main composer), John Entwistle (Cousin Kevin), Keith Moon (Uncle Ernie)
Encore at the Rainbow Theatre, London, December 9, 1972 © Gijsbert Hanekroot
From left: Steve Winwood (Father), Roger Daltrey (Tommy), Keith Moon Uncle Ernie), Merry Clayton (The Acid Queen), Maggie Bell (Mother),
John Entwistle (Cousin Kevin), Peter Sellers (Doctor), David Measham (conductor of both, The London Symphony Orchestra and The Chambre Choir)
End of the show... at the Rainbow Theatre, London, December 9, 1972 © Michael Putland
From left: Merry Clayton (The Acid Queen), Richie Havens (Hawker), Peter Sellers (Doctor), Sandy Denny (Nurse),
Rod Stewart (Local Lad), Maggie Bell (Mother), Graham Bell (Lover), Steve Winwood (Father), Roger Daltrey (Tommy)
End of the show... at the Rainbow Theatre, London, December 9, 1972 © Michael Putland
For a full article about this show jump to our "ARTICLES SECTION", here at our very own Merry Clayton website
"Keep your eye on the sparrow" back cover © 1975 Chuck Beeson
"Emotion" photo sessions outtake © 1980(author not credited) MCA Records
Merry Clayton (as Verna Dee Jordan) with Martin Kove (as Victor Isbecki), 1987 © CBS Photo Archive
During the Cagney and Lacey times
Merry Clayton (as Audrey James) with Michael Ontkean (as Nick McGuire), 1987 © CBS Photo Archive
Click the image to watch and listen!!!
With Marianne Faithful and Darlene Love 1995 © Lynn Goldsmith
With Marianne Faithful and Darlene Love, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction 1996 © Mitchell Gerber
Pictures above during and after the performance of "Rainbow and Stars" - NYC
Merry with Darlene Love, Keith Richards and Marianne Faithfull in 1996 © Kevin Mazur, black and white unknown with thanks to Marianne Faithful!!
Carlole King's induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 3, 2012 © Jason LaVeris
Carole King and Merry performing together during a celebration of Carole King and her music to benefit Paul Newman's
The Painted Turtle Camp at the Dolby Theatre on December 4, 2012 in Hollywood, California © Michael Buckner
Nils Lofgren and Merry Clayton at the 18th annual Music Masters series honoring The Rolling Stones, State Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio - October 26, 2013 © Patrick R. Murphy
Darlene Love, Tata Vega, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill and Lisa Fischer, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah - January 21, 2013 © Larry Busacca
With Steven Tyler!
MusiCares Person Of The Year Honoring Carole King, Los Angeles Convention Center - January 24, 2014 © Kevin Mazur
The Rolling Stones main singers!! Lisa Fischer and Merry Clayton performing Gimme Shelter (well... I wish that LOL, they performed "Way Over Yonder" instead)
MusiCares Person Of The Year Honoring Carole King, Los Angeles Convention Center - January 24, 2014 © Mark Davis
Merry Clayton with friend and mentor, Lou Adler
Quincy Jones Introduces The Jazz Foundation of America, Vibrato, Los Angeles - April 9, 2017 © Lester Cohen
"Of course, there were times my heart broke," Clayton said. "But I never said, 'Why me?' © Joyce Kim for the New York Times
This picture with thanks to the New York Times, from the GREAT article The Unstoppable Merry Clayton, more on our "Articles Section" on this website.
That's all for now!
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