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"The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track [nb 1] on The Dark Side of the Moon, a 1973 album by English rock band Pink Floyd. The song features music by keyboard player Richard Wright and improvised, wordless vocals by session singer Clare Torry. It is one of only three Pink Floyd songs to feature lead vocals from an outside artist.
Vocalist on Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" from the album The Dark Side of the Moon Clare H. Torry (born 29 November 1947) is a British singer, known for performing the improvised, wordless vocals on the song " The Great Gig in the Sky " on Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon .
A slightly shortened version of the song appears on Pink Floyd's greatest hits collection, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, [7] which is edited so that the song "Sheep" (also edited) segues into "Sorrow". David Gilmour played the song at the Strat Pack guitar concert, an event which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster.
Pink Floyd. David Gilmour – guitar, lead and backing vocals, pedal steel guitar on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," and "The Great Gig in the Sky," Synthi AKS on “On the Run,” [2] Hammond organ on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Roger Waters – bass, lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards on "Echoes" [3]
Year Music Video Album Director 1967 "Arnold Layne" Non-album video Derek Nice "See Emily Play" "Apples and Oranges" "Paint Box" 1968 "Point Me at the Sky" "Jugband Blues" [1]
Durga McBroom is an American singer who has performed backing vocals for Pink Floyd and is a member of the house music band Blue Pearl, best known for their hit single "Naked in the Rain". She works as an actress, dancer, and singer in the United States and internationally.
“Modern singers rarely lip-sync,” Grammy-nominated mix and sound engineer Ariel Chobaz — who has worked with the likes of Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj and more — tells Us. “However, they ...
Delicate Sound of Thunder is a concert film by Pink Floyd, filmed during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour from 19 August 1988 to 23 August 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, with some additional footage from 21–22 June 1988 at the Place d'Armes of the Château de Versailles, Versailles, France.