Have you seen Clare Torry?

I have a few documentaries and she's on one of them talking about 'Great Gig". I think it might be the BBC one from 94. I was totally surprised she was white to.
She talks about her part. Apparently neither her or the band really knew what she should do on the tune. Then, she just thought, "what if my voice was an instrument, what would it sound like?" and there you go. It was an expirement that worked very well.

i've been surfing for a while looking for pictures of clare torry without any result. i found some interesting things though.




she did Sessions for;


Olivia Newton John ('75-'76),
Kilburn & the high Roads ('75),
Doctor Madnes,
Sandy Denny ('77),
The Alan Parsons Project (Eve '78),
Gary Brooker ('79),
Sky: The great Balloon ('79)
Young & Moody: Young&Moody ('79),
Kevin Ayers ('80),
Tracy Ullman ('83),
Culture Club ('84),
Meatloaf ('84),
Schrieback ('85),
Tangerine Dream: Parc ('85),
Evertything but the Girl ('86),
Roger Waters ('86, '87),
Pink Floyd (at Knebworth '90 & Pulse),
David Palmer ('90),
Tommy Fisher ('96).
Johny Mercer ('96).


It also appears that she had two UK singles in 1969:

original records
Love for living / Live tomorrow, love today. UK: June 1969.
personnel
Clare Torry -- vocal
others unknown
produced by Ronnie Scott, Robin Gibb


LOVE FOR LIVING
writers: Clare Torry (1969)
recorded possibly April 1969, London
lead vocal Clare Torry
3:18 mono single Love for living

LIVE TOMORROW, LOVE TODAY
writers: Clare Torry (1969)
recorded possibly April 1969, London
lead vocal Clare Torry
mono single Love for living

I watched my documentary again last night and it is the BBC one from 94. Clare looks like a middle age english woman, mid to late 40's. Short brown hair with some gray, ok a fair amount of gray.
She reminds me a little of Melissa Etheridge, a more hetero looking Melissa Etheridge, with no overbite. If that makes any sense?

Clare Torry is on the Knebworth video i've been told, with Sam Brown and her mum.

Dont forget Pink Floyd ('73)

I didi find a good pic of alot of other back-up singers
http://home.hccnet.nl/n.wywh/who_kissoon.htm

It may stir fixxy's juices to see that Katie Kissoon did session work for Dexy's Midnight Runners in '82.

Then again, maybe not.

You never know.

Mmmmmmmmmm

Katie Kissoon....

Mmmmmmmmmmm.....

You do have a thing for her, don't you Fulgy?

Is it that obvious?

(Mmmmmmmmmm......Katie...Mmmmmmm)

First page off of a Google Image search:

I think these guy has got a picture...
http://www.areafranca.com/tempn/Clare_Torry_english.asp

...enjoy

It's the same one as the scary one two posts above.

That Is a scary pic. But she has a great voice and to think she was only paid 30 British pounds to record Great Gig in the Sky.

That looks like the pic they show in the dvd Making of DSotM mentioned previously in the thread. Though there she was moving and stuff. Not as scary