according to Far Out.At the time, Clayton was a 20-year-old with extensive singing experience, having sung at her father’s church as a child.
She had started her recording career at age 14.Ray Charles, Elvis Presley and Bobby Darin were examples of artists who Clayton performed with at a young age.But back to that phone call.On the other line was producer Jack Nitzchke, who said there were some musicians in town from England who wanted a female vocalist to help with a song.Those musicians happened to be the Rolling Stones and the song was “Gimme Shelter,” but Clayton had no clue who the Rolling Stones were and initially resisted.After all, she was pregnant, tired and almost in bed with her husband.But after being convinced by her husband to.