Clydie King
Little Clydie & The Teens (1) (Los Angeles)
Personnel :
Clydie King
Discography :
1956 - A Casual Look / Oh Me (RPM 462)
Biography :
Clydie King, a singer who started recording at the age of 13, and
progressed to become one of the most in demand singers of the LA music
scene. Clydie Mae Crittendon was born in Dallas, Texas, on August 21,
1943. She is generally thought a backing singer, but in fact has made
many records of her own, some of them a surprisingly long time ago. She
made her first, ‘A Casual Look’ b/w ‘Oh Me’, in the mid-1950s in
Memphis, for the Bihari Brothers’ label RPM, billed as by Little Clydie
King & The Teens. Soon afterwards, credited as Clydie King, she made
two singles on Speciality. She even did a stint with Don Julian's
Meadowlarks.
Clydie King & the Sweet Things
In
early 1962, with Sherlie Matthews, she made three further singles for
Philips as Clydie King & the Sweet Things. Later, Clydie King &
Sherlie Matthews was part of Bonnie & The Treasures, The
Blackberries… Clydie was a member of Ray Charles' Raeletts for three
years and contributed to early 1960s recordings by producer Phil
Spector. But it was a number of mid 60's singles on Imperial that were
to be the highmark of her solo career. Done
at Gold Star with most of the 'Wrecking Crew', 'Missin' My Baby' is one
of the best records to come out of LA during this time....with No
apology to Phil Spector.Clydie went on to sing with a who who's of music
superstars....Dylan, Rolling Stones, Streisand, but Pookie will always
Think of Clydie with the sound of this one.
Songs :
Oh Me / A Casual Look
