Otis Clay sings on stage during the 33rd annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tenn., in this May 10, 2012, file photo. Clay nahm in der Folge mehrere Livealben auf, darunter 1983 Soul Man: Live in Japan, 1985 Otis Clay Live und 2005 Respect Yourself, das beim Lucerne Blues Festival in der Schweiz aufgenommen wurde. Or a high-energy showman. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here . Otis Clay dead at 73. REUTERS - Chicago soul, blues and gospel singer Otis Clay, whose career spanned decades and a range of musical influences, died on Friday after suffering a heart attack, according to an online statement posted by his management company, Heart & Soul. … 1960: What was the greatest craze at the time? von Willie Mitchell, waren weniger erfolgreich.[2]. (And) I'm listening to Vaughn Monroe and Rosemary Clooney and listening to Hank Williams and Roy Acuff.". Otis Clay shows remarkable professional endurance, still going strong at age 70. In Chicago he absorbed further musical influences but in the flesh. His recording debut came in 1965 with the rousing ballad Flame in Your Heart. The one-time Grammy nominee had a year of touring planned behind recent records and recognition at May's 37th Blues Music Awards, manager Miki Mulvehill said. His album "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance in 2008. Shares. Here are 10 most notorious Bollywood vamps. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. As per our current Database, Otis Clay has been died on Jan 8, 2016 (age 73). 2013 wurde er in die Blues Hall of Fame der Blues Foundation aufgenommen, im selben Jahr erschien auch sein Album Truth Is. Or an R&B king. In 2013, Clay was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 15. He was 73. Clay is nominated for Soul-Blues Male Artist and Soul-Blues Album for This Time for Real, his collaboration with Billy Price. Chicago soul legend Otis Clay dead at 73. All rights reserved. When disco was ascendant in the 1970s, Clay found a growing and devoted audience for his earthy music on the other side of the world, in Japan. 2013 wurde er in die Blues Hall of Fame der Blues Foundation aufgenommen. "I had no idea," he said in the Tribune interview. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. No other details about his death were available. Der in den FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals aufgenommene Song erreichte den Platz 97 der US-Popcharts (Platz 47 R&B). Performing with Clay was "the most inspiring feeling I ever got," he said. 1953 zog die Familie nach Muncie, Indiana. This undated photo provided by manager Miki Mulvehill shows Otis Clay. On Sundays, though, "most of the time we would be singing in black churches. And it was just a rehearsal. Receive news and offers from our other brands? "Writing this with a very heavy heart and tears in my eyes as I recently heard the very sad news that the great Otis Clay suddenly passed on," Chicago blues musician Dave Specter wrote on Facebook. 1968 wurde das Label aufgelöst und sein Vertrag wurde an Atlantic Records verkauft, die ihr neues Sublabel Cotillion mit einer Version von Otis Clay She’s About a Mover des Sir Douglas Quintet eröffneten. The news was confirmed on his official website. Bath In the mid-60s … Nothing like that. 10 celebs to have their body parts insured, for the last one, I have no explanations, RIP Bhanu Athaiya: A Look At India's First Oscar Winner's Iconic Works, Joe Biden, now president-elect, declares it is 'time to heal in America', Symptoms of Melanoma Many People Might Ignore, UNBELIEVABLE! Friends and co-workers of Tankson's, whom Clay had never met, repeatedly asked if he would sing When the Gates Swing Open at loved ones' funerals. The Mississippi-born Clay — whose gruff, tenor-tinged voice on blues songs such as Trying to Live My Life Without You varied from his haunting but hopeful baritone on gospel standards like When the Gates Swing Open — died suddenly of a heart attack at 6:30 p.m., said his daughter, Ronda Tankson. Does Otis Clay Dead or Alive? In 2013, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis. By Howard Reich. The one-time Grammy nominee, who churned out hits in the late 1960s with "That's How It Is (When You're in Love)," in the early 1970s with "Trying to Live My Life Without You" (later covered by Bob Seger) and in the '80s with "When the Gates Swing Open," said he soaked up the music of Duke Ellington and Thomas A. Dorsey, Sam Cooke and Muddy Waters, and a great deal more. "Every Saturday night I listened to the Grand Ole Opry," added Clay, who was born Feb. 11, 1942, in Waxhaw, Miss. Clay was born Feb. 11, 1942 in Waxhaw, Miss., to a musical and religious family, according to his online biography. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. We first sang together in 1983, and I have so many memories of the great shows we did together over the years.”. Oktober 2019 um 13:47 Uhr bearbeitet. "I thought when we got ready to go to a foreign country, we were going to go Europe. In the midst of the loss of a legend the magnitude of David Bowie, which cannot be overstated, it is easy to overlook the passing of other musicians that warrant a similar rally. Chicago and the world will remember the great gospel-tinged soul and blues singer Otis Clay at his funeral service Saturday. The soul singer was born in Mississippi in 1942 and started his musical career with various gospel groups. His latest album is called Truth Is. Or an R&B king. Januar 2016[1]) war ein amerikanischer Blues-, Soul- und Rhythm-and-Blues-Sänger, dessen Wurzeln im Bereich des Gospel liegen. That experience only expanded Clay's artistic range, because "our audience was basically, most of the time, white," meaning the singers were expected to perform repertoire well outside gospel tradition. Composer Jake Heggie celebrates vocalists with ‘Sing LOUDER’ podcast, Chicago’s jazz clubs struggle to stay afloat, Review: Haymarket Opera launches 10th season on film with ‘Acis and Galatea’, Column: A Trump concession speech: ‘I hereby concede that I beat Sleepy Joe Biden’, Election 2020: Joe Biden beats defiant Donald Trump; Kamala Harris first woman elected vice president, Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, says it’s ‘time to heal’ in speech to nation; Trump disputes election results. 1957 zog er nach Chicago und sang unter anderem bei den Golden Jubilaires, den Famous Blue Jay Singers und The Holy Wonders. "I guess I've always loved Chicago," Clay said in the Tribune interview. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here . Bei den Grammy Awards 2008 war er für den Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance nominiert, den jedoch Gerald Levert gewann. But Clay was much more than a talented musician. Not when you think of a showman being an over-the-top entertainer on steroids. 2013 wurde er in die Blues Hall of Fame der Blues Foundation aufgenommen. "We were known as variety singers, or we were billed as (performing) 'Old Negro Spirituals and Plantation Melodies,"' Clay said in his biography. 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Er begann seine musikalische Karriere als Gospelsänger bei verschiedenen lokalen Gospelbands und ging dann zurück nach Mississippi, um mit den Christian Travelers zu reisen. © Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung, Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otis_Clay&oldid=193150672, Wikipedia:Defekte Weblinks/Ungeprüfte Archivlinks 2019-05, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“, amerikanischer Blues-, Soul- und Rhythm-and-Blues-Sänger. European music enthusiasts and record-collectors flock to Clay's music because of its spare, "unvarnished" style wrought of the 1960s soul scenes in Memphis, Tenn., and Muscle Shoals, Ala., Price said. "During the day, later on, you listened to (radio) coming out of Memphis. Otis Clay wurde 1942 im ländlichen Waxhaw geboren, einer kleinen Plantage im amerikanischen Bundesstaat Mississippi. [2][3] Es folgten einige weitere, weniger bekannte Alben, darunter das Gospelalbum Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2007. Especially regarding Chicago’s own subjective history, it is vital that we remember Otis Clay, the storied soul musician who passed away this past Friday at the age of 73. "Otis was the last standard-bearer for deep southern soul music, the really gospel-inflected music that was in its heyday in the late '60s and early and mid '70s," Price told The Associated Press on Saturday. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. train," Mulvehill said. Sam Cooke was here, the Soul Stirrers, the Caravans and all these (other gospel) people. (Brandon Dill/The Commercial Appeal via Associated Press) Otis Clay, the Hall of fame rhythm and blues artist known as much for his big heart and charitable work in Chicago as for his singing internationally, died Friday. Diesem folgte If I Could Reach Out und nach weiteren Songs und dem Album I Can’t Take It wechselte er zu Kayvette Records, wo er seine letzte nationale Hitsingle 1977 mit All Because Of Your Love (# 44 R&B) aufnahm. After his arrival in Chicago, he joined the Golden Jubilaires and in 1960 became part of Charles Bridges' Famous Blue Jay Singers, performing a cappella at schools and hotels.