Marcella Detroit<\/h3>
Marcella Detroit (born Marcella Levy, June 21, 1952[1]) is an American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.[2] She co-wrote the 1977 Eric Clapton hit \"Lay Down Sally\" and released her debut album Marcella in 1982. She joined Shakespears Sister in 1988 with ex-Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey. Their first two albums, Sacred Heart (1989), and Hormonally Yours (1992), both reached the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. Detroit sang the lead vocals on their biggest hit, \"Stay\", which spent eight consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1992.[3][4] Detroit left the band in 1993 and had a UK top 20 hit with \"I Believe\" in 1994. She formed the Marcy Levy Band in 2002, and finished third in the 2010 ITV series Popstar to Operastar.\n<\/p>
Detroit-born Marcy Levy began playing for different bands in her home city during the early 1970s. The first major act she worked with was Bob Seger who signed her band \"Julia\" up to tour with him. She sang back-up vocals on his Back in '72 album, which was recorded at Leon Russell's \"Grand Lake studio\". Detroit was then asked by Russell to join him on tour, which she did \"a while after that\". After moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma to further pursue her musical career, she and her then-current band were hired by Eric Clapton for touring. She sang backing and group vocals on Clapton's album There's One in Every Crowd, and toured and recorded with him for the next four years. While working with Clapton, she sang backing vocals on some of his most enduring songs, including \"Lay Down Sally\" (which she co-wrote), \"Promises\", and \"Wonderful Tonight\". During this period, Detroit began working on her debut solo album with producer David Foster in the mid-late 1970s signed to RSO Records. For unknown reasons however, the album was shelved and remained unfinished. Detroit later stopped working with Clapton to focus more on her own solo career. Whilst working on her debut album, she was singing and songwriting for numerous artists including Aretha Franklin, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Stanley Clarke, Chaka Khan, Belinda Carlisle, and Al Jarreau.[5]<\/p>
Marcy duetted with Alice Cooper on his 1978 album From the Inside (producer David Foster) on the song \"Millie and Billie\". She provided backing vocals on the 1980 hit Lookin' for Love (#5 Pop and #1 Country) by Johnny Lee.\nAlso in 1980, she sang a duet with Robin Gibb, \"Help Me!\", which was featured on the official soundtrack of the film Times Square. The song was released as a single, and reached number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[6] She also sang a duet on Jimmy Ruffin's album Sunrise; \"Where Do I Go\", and in 1981 was featured on the official soundtrack of American Pop on \"Somebody to Love\".[7][8] During this period, Detroit was signed to Epic Records and released her debut album, Marcella in 1982. The album failed to appear on any major charts, and after the commercial failure of the album, Epic Records refused Detroit tour allowance with John Mellencamp, and she was later dropped by the label.[5] She wrote and provided backing vocals for \"Tangled in Love\" with Richard Feldman, which appeared on Eric Clapton's 1985 album Behind the Sun. Following this, she was asked by Clapton to start to work with him again, and after another year of touring with him, she again left to pursue her own solo career again.[5] Detroit (credited as Marcy Levy) released a LP together with Diane Reeves in 1985, titled Ballerina, where she performs three songs, \"Ballerina\", \"Pretty Polly\" and \"Always A Woman In Love\".[9] Also credited as Marcy Levy, she sang a duet with Max Carl, \"Come and follow me\" for the movie Short Circuit 1 in 1986; however no movie soundtrack album was ever released. Detroit was featured in 1988 on the official soundtrack of Mac and Me, on the song \"You knew what you were doing\".[8]<\/p><\/div>\n
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