Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948 in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American gospel singer. She provided a number of back-up vocal tracks to songs recorded by major performing artists during the 1960s. Her first name was given because she was born on Christmas day. She was married to jazz artist Curtis Amy until his death in 2002. Merry's brother is the Little Feat percussionist Sam Clayton. She dueted with Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones' song "Gimme Shelter" on their Let It Bleed release. Reportedly, the intensity of her performance on the song caused her to miscarry.Don Snowden, [LINK: http://web.archive.org/web/20070306031610/http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=10760] For Clayton, the gloom is gone, Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1986. Archived at Rock's Backpages Library. Accessed online 19 September 2006. Clayton also sang backing vocals on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home