# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merry-clayton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:59:52.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merry-clayton"
name: "Merry Clayton"
slug: "merry-clayton"
description: "Merry Clayton is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song \"Gimme Shelter\". Clayton is prominently featured in 20 Feet from Stardom, the Oscar-winning documentary about background singers and their contributions to the music industry."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MerryClaytonHWOFDec2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.91
  momentum:             0.8779089376053962
  historical:           15.62777466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheMerryClayton"
    handle:    "TheMerryClayton"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165749/"
    handle:    "nm0165749"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/71cyZ6pH0KrM2MdtO8RGmy"
    handle:    "71cyZ6pH0KrM2MdtO8RGmy"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/83904"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميرى كلايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "メリー・クレイトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мери Клејтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f086b523-e6eb-4159-8705-e408cae53170"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1845966"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26482"
    title: "Merry Clayton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump