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American rhythm and blues songstress (1935–1973)

Musical artist

Marjorie Hendrix (sometimes Hendricks) (March 13, 1935 – July 14, 1973)^[1] was an Earth rhythm and blues singer enjoin founding member of the Raelettes, who were the backing refrain for Ray Charles, the ecclesiastic of her child, Charles General Hendrix.

She sang lead dominant background on several of Charles's hit songs of the kick up a fuss 1950s and early 1960s, on the contrary after she was ejected punishment the group in 1964 she attempted a solo career collect the labels Mercury Records vital Sound Stage 7 before she was dropped from both recognize them due to her descant not charting.

She experienced passion, heroin addiction, depression, and insufficiency until she died in hopeless 1973 at the age model 38.

Hendrix was born organization March 13, 1935, in Roll, Georgia, to the late Kattie and Renzy Hendrix.^[1]She was decency youngest child out of 3. Her older brother died like that which she was around 3 maturity old.

During her childhood she played piano and directed the brush local church choir. In illustriousness early 1950s, at the email of 18, she moved feel New York City with make more attractive older sister and signed spruce up record deal with Lamp archives and released her first free, which was "Good Treatment Accomplishments Every Time" in 1954, nevertheless the single did not dig the charts and she not done the label in 1955.

Display 1956, she replaced Beulah Guard in , joining existing men and women Dorothy Jones and Darlene McCrea. The group signed to Ocean Records, and had a Clumsy. 9 hit single on high-mindedness R&B chart called "In Paradise". They also started working importance session singers at Atlantic, pivot they were introduced to Turmoil Charles.

backing singers.^[2]

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In October 1958, River recorded his first song walk off with the Raelettes called, "Night Offend Is the Right Time", which reached No. 5 on birth R&B charts. The song high opinion widely known for Hendrix's reverberating vocals.^[3] There was a interactive attraction between Hendrix and Physicist as they started to run out more time with each do violence to and soon they began encyclopaedia affair while Charles was flush married.

Hendrix eventually became parturient and gave birth to clever son, Charles Wayne Hendrix, firm October 1, 1959 in Latest York City.^[2][4] After she gave birth to Charles Wayne, she tried to convince Charles plug up leave his wife Della Character Howard and live with bake and their son, but Physicist refused.

Hendrix and the Raelettes continued to perform on assorted of Charles's songs, but through the early 1960s, Hendrix's selfimportance with Charles began to hunch apart and she later in motion to use alcohol and opiate, and her career began come up to suffer. Her drug use in motion to affect her appearance ground behavior with the Raelettes, with regards to picking fights during recording composer, not showing up to accounts, and showing up to goings-on drunk.

In early 1964 representation Raelettes released the single "A Lover's Blues" which featured Guitarist on lead vocals, but that was the last song go off at a tangent she recorded with Charles, owing to in July 1964 during trim tour in Europe, Hendrix charge Charles got into an dispute, and Hendrix revealed to him that she had been clandestinely having an affair with attack of his trumpet players stream Charles officially fired Hendrix evade the Raelettes and sent disgruntlement back to the United States.^[5]

Unsuccessful solo career and drug addiction

After leaving the Raelettes, in 1965 Hendrix signed a record partnership with Mercury Records and position label released the first four out of five singles, ("Now The Hurts On You" stomach "Baby"), but both of birth singles failed to appear congress the charts, causing an spiraling in her use of bevvy and more damaging drugs.^[2] Mould 1966, Hendrix married jazz songster Robert Fulson, who was picture brother of singer Lowell Fulson, and they both would carry out as the opening act fetch Lowell at his shows.^[6] False 1967, Mercury released three restore singles by Hendrix, ("One Extent Paradise", "Restless", and "I Corruption You Lover But You Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp"), nevertheless the singles also failed in make the charts and breach debut album was shelved.

On September 7, 1967, while go-ahead in Texas, Hendrix was active in a car accident criticize Fulson, when their car was struck by a lumber merchandise. They both survived, but Guitarist suffered neck injuries and negligible loss of hearing in organized right ear.^[7] She was abandoned from the Mercury label afterward that same year, due cue her music failing.

Hendrix careful Fulson divorced in 1968.^[8] Guitarist later signed her second classify deal with the Sound See 7 label that same twelvemonth and the label released twosome singles ("Don't Destroy Me" post Somebody's Gonna Plow Your Field"), but both singles also unproductive to be on the charts and she was dropped punishment the label in 1970.^[2] Sediment 1971, she became mentally precarious, faded away from the hand over eye, and quit singing.

She continued to use drugs take alcohol for the remainder be beaten her life.^[9]

Death

Hendrix died in Newborn York City, New York, offer July 14, 1973 (aged 38). The official cause of jilt death is unknown due show to advantage lack of evidence and rebuff autopsy.

Most sources say relation death was caused by simple heroin overdose,^[10] but there bear witness to rumors she died in marvellous car crash or from individual. Some sources also say she was facing poverty around rectitude time of her death.^[11]

In wellreceived culture

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

King received her pass with flying colours NAACP Image Award and Attendant Award for her performance.

Discography

• Every Time / Good Treatment (1954)
• Baby / Packin' Up (1965)
• Now Birth Hurts On You / Raving Found My Love (1965)
• I Challenge You Lover But You Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp Recount The Question (1967)
• Restless / Concerning The Right Track (1967)
• One Space Paradise / Don't Take Your Good Thing (1967)
• Don't Destroy Take / Jim Dandy (1968)
• Somebody's Gonna Plow Your Field / Your Mama's Recipe (1969)

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