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Clare Torry was born in November 1947 in Marylebone, London, [1] to Geoffrey Napier Torry (1916–1979), who combined careers as Lieutenant-Commander in the Fleet Air Arm and Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, and his wife Dorothy W. Singer (1916–2017), who was secretary to six BBC Directors-General.
"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.
"The War Song" is a song by British band Culture Club, featuring background vocals from Clare Torry. It was released as the lead single from the band's third album, Waking Up with the House on Fire (1984), in September 1984. The song became the group's seventh top-five hit on the UK Singles Chart.
Pink Floyd was the last act to play, to an audience of 125,000. During this gig Clare Torry sang backing vocals making it the second and last time she did so. Vicki and Sam Brown also attended as backing vocalists, as well as Candy Dulfer with a saxophone solo. The £60,000 firework display that ended the concert was entirely financed by the band.
The first side of the album ends with Wright and Clare Torry's soulful metaphor for death, "The Great Gig in the Sky". [7] "Money", the first track on side two, opens with the sound of cash registers and rhythmically jingling coins. The song mocks greed and consumerism with sarcastic lyrics and cash-related sound effects.
A version sung by Clare Torry, was used as the theme to BBC sitcom Butterflies. [ 6 ] On November 27, 2012, Parton and Stephen Colbert performed it together on The Colbert Report .
“Stag Dance” by Torrey Peters (March 11) "Stag Dance" by Torrey Peters “Stag Dance” is a collection of one novel and three stories from the bestselling author of “Detransition, Baby.”
Clare Torry: 1985–1987 lead and backing vocals Torry contributed lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" on 26 August at Madison Square Garden and on 21 and 22 November at Wembley Arena during the Radio K.A.O.S. tour in 1987. [12]