Clare Torry is a British singer, best known for her soulfully evocative wordless vocals on Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". Torry has also performed as a session singer and live backing vocalist with Kevin Ayers, Olivia Newton-John, The Alan Parsons Project (for which she also sang lead vocal on one track), Procol Harum mainman Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Cerrone, Culture Club (on their hit "The War Song"), … Wikipedia
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I was at school (Battle Abbey) with Clare. She was a year or so below me. What she and I were doing there (private school for rich and untalented girls) I don't know. She was always in minor trouble because she wouldn't, very understandably, conform. roadkill.com/cgi-ajy/enc.cgi?person=Torry,+Clare
An astonishing ability to improvise a wordless vocal that soars, by turns a raw scream to a soft moan, helped Clare create one of the most memorable singing parts in all rock music. 'Great Gig In The Sky' on Pink Floyds "Dark Side Of The Moon" is Clare's www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/artists/claretorry.htm
I was at school (Battle Abbey) with Clare. She was a year or so below me. What she and I were doing there (private school for rich and untalented girls) I don't know. She was always in minor trouble because she wouldn't, very understandably, conform. www.roadkill.com/cgi-ajy/enc.cgi?person=Torry,+Clare&al=0...