{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RouteNote - Radar","provider_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar","author_name":"Radar Team","author_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/","title":"Who Is the Female Singer on \u201cGimme Shelter\u201d? - RouteNote - Radar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"enlxlQfRzB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-is-the-female-singer-on-gimme-shelter\/\">Who Is the Female Singer on \u201cGimme Shelter\u201d?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-is-the-female-singer-on-gimme-shelter\/embed\/#?secret=enlxlQfRzB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Who Is the Female Singer on \u201cGimme Shelter\u201d?&#8221; &#8212; RouteNote - Radar\" data-secret=\"enlxlQfRzB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gimme-Shelter.jpeg","thumbnail_width":640,"thumbnail_height":640,"description":"Merry Clayton. The American soul and gospel singer delivers one of the most extraordinary guest vocals in rock history on the Rolling Stones&#8217; \u201cGimme Shelter\u201d. And she recorded it after being woken up in the middle of the night. Clayton was pregnant at the time. She initially wasn&#8217;t particularly enthusiastic about leaving her bed to visit a recording studio. Then she heard the song. A few takes later, she had delivered the performance that would become inseparable from the recording. Who was Merry Clayton? Merry Clayton was already an accomplished professional singer long before \u201cGimme Shelter\u201d. She grew up in..."}