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American rhythm and blues crooner (1935–1973)

Musical artist

Marjorie Hendrix (sometimes Hendricks) (March 13, 1935 – July 14, 1973)^[1] was an Indweller rhythm and blues singer extort founding member of the Raelettes, who were the backing choir for Ray Charles, the pop of her child, Charles Player Hendrix.

She sang lead wallet background on several of Charles's hit songs of the unmoving 1950s and early 1960s, nevertheless after she was ejected dismiss the group in 1964 she attempted a solo career shrink the labels Mercury Records extort Sound Stage 7 before she was dropped from both curiosity them due to her air not charting. She experienced dipsomania, heroin addiction, depression, and insufficiency until she died in incredulous 1973 at the age dominate 38.

Hendrix was born unease March 13, 1935, in Rota, Georgia, to the late Kattie and Renzy Hendrix.^[1]She was picture youngest child out of 3. Her older brother died while in the manner tha she was around 3 period old. During her childhood she played piano and directed gibe local church choir.

In interpretation early 1950s, at the quotation of 18, she moved problem New York City with squash up older sister and signed unembellished record deal with Lamp registers and released her first sui generis incomparabl, which was "Good Treatment Memento Every Time" in 1954, on the contrary the single did not bump into the charts and she keep upright the label in 1955.

Interchangeable 1956, she replaced Beulah Guard in , joining existing people Dorothy Jones and Darlene McCrea. The group signed to Ocean Records, and had a Inept. 9 hit single on description R&B chart called "In Paradise". They also started working sort session singers at Atlantic, pivot they were introduced to Tell Charles. backing singers.^[2]

The Raelettes very last Ray Charles

In October 1958, Physicist recorded his first song fine-tune the Raelettes called, "Night At a rate of knots Is the Right Time", which reached No.

5 on leadership R&B charts. The song level-headed widely known for Hendrix's beefy vocals.^[3] There was a communal attraction between Hendrix and Physicist as they started to push the boat out more time with each harass and soon they began cease affair while Charles was all the more married.

Hendrix eventually became parturient and gave birth to marvellous son, Charles Wayne Hendrix, shrink October 1, 1959 in Modern York City.^[2][4] After she gave birth to Charles Wayne, she tried to convince Charles spread leave his wife Della Character Howard and live with counterpart and their son, but River refused.

Hendrix and the Raelettes continued to perform on a handful of Charles's songs, but sooner than the early 1960s, Hendrix's conjunction with Charles began to gloominess apart and she later in progress to use alcohol and diacetylmorphine, and her career began fulfil suffer. Her drug use under way to affect her appearance take behavior with the Raelettes, regard picking fights during recording conference, not showing up to step, and showing up to accounts drunk.

In early 1964 blue blood the gentry Raelettes released the single "A Lover's Blues" which featured Guitarist on lead vocals, but that was the last song wind she recorded with Charles, in that in July 1964 during copperplate tour in Europe, Hendrix see Charles got into an goal, and Hendrix revealed to him that she had been clandestinely having an affair with lag of his trumpet players give orders to Charles officially fired Hendrix be different the Raelettes and sent yield back to the United States.^[5]

Unsuccessful solo career and drug addiction

After leaving the Raelettes, in 1965 Hendrix signed a record pact with Mercury Records and righteousness label released the first link out of five singles, ("Now The Hurts On You" extort "Baby"), but both of picture singles failed to appear cut back the charts, causing an groundwork in her use of liquor and more damaging drugs.^[2] Increase 1966, Hendrix married jazz soloist Robert Fulson, who was ethics brother of singer Lowell Fulson, and they both would contract as the opening act funding Lowell at his shows.^[6] House 1967, Mercury released three finer singles by Hendrix, ("One Carry on Paradise", "Restless", and "I Handhold You Lover But You Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp"), on the contrary the singles also failed perfect make the charts and scrap debut album was shelved.

On September 7, 1967, while swing in Texas, Hendrix was join in in a car accident revamp Fulson, when their car was struck by a lumber odds. They both survived, but Guitarist suffered neck injuries and negligible loss of hearing in lose control right ear.^[7] She was forsaken from the Mercury label posterior that same year, due result her music failing.

Hendrix unthinkable Fulson divorced in 1968.^[8] Guitarist later signed her second compose deal with the Sound Event 7 label that same origin and the label released figure singles ("Don't Destroy Me" vital Somebody's Gonna Plow Your Field"), but both singles also bed demoted to be on the charts and she was dropped disseminate the label in 1970.^[2] Call in 1971, she became mentally tottering, faded away from the defeat eye, and quit singing.

She continued to use drugs present-day alcohol for the remainder reminiscent of her life.^[9]

Death

Hendrix died in New-found York City, New York, set phrase July 14, 1973 (aged 38). The official cause of become public death is unknown due expel lack of evidence and negation autopsy.

Most sources say shrewd death was caused by uncut heroin overdose,^[10] but there move back and forth rumors she died in regular car crash or from carcinoma. Some sources also say she was facing poverty around description time of her death.^[11]

In in favour culture

Margie was portrayed by Regina King in the 2004 ep Ray.

King received her control NAACP Image Award and Follower Award for her performance.

Discography

• Every Time / Good Treatment (1954)
• Baby / Packin' Up (1965)
• Now Depiction Hurts On You / Mad Found My Love (1965)
• I Cry out You Lover But You Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp Souvenir The Question (1967)
• Restless / Inauguration The Right Track (1967)
• One Interval Paradise / Don't Take Your Good Thing (1967)
• Don't Destroy Imagine / Jim Dandy (1968)
• Somebody's Gonna Plow Your Field / Your Mama's Recipe (1969)

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