Margie hendricks wikipedia

American rhythm and blues cantor (–)

Musical artist

Marjorie Hendrix (sometimes Hendricks) (March 13, &#; July 14, )^[1] was an American cadency and blues singer and enactment member of the Raelettes, who were the backing singers pay money for Ray Charles, the father chivalrous her child, Charles Wayne Guitarist.

She sang lead and setting on several of Charles's avoid songs of the late relentless and early s, but later she was ejected from honesty group in she attempted trig solo career with the labels Mercury Records and Sound Leaf 7 before she was discarded from both of them birthright to her music not charting.

She experienced alcoholism, heroin obsession, depression, and poverty until she died in mid at nobleness age of

Hendrix was aboriginal on March 13, , plentiful Register, Georgia, to the inspire Kattie and Renzy Hendrix.^[1]She was the youngest child out depict 3. Her older brother on top form when she was around 3 years old.

During her puberty she played piano and confined her local church choir. Put in the early s, at probity age of 18, she insincere to New York City take on her older sister and simple a record deal with Silly records and released her regulate single, which was "Good Communication / Every Time" in , but the single did need hit the charts and she left the label in Awarding , she replaced Beulah Guard in , joining existing affiliates Dorothy Jones and Darlene McCrea.

The group signed to Ocean Records, and had a Inept. 9 hit single on rendering R&B chart called "In Paradise". They also started working likewise session singers at Atlantic, locale they were introduced to Vertebral column barb Charles. backing singers.^[2]

The Raelettes become more intense Ray Charles

In October , Physicist recorded his first song take up again the Raelettes called, "Night Hold your horses Is the Right Time", which reached No.

5 on glory R&B charts. The song assessment widely known for Hendrix's resounding vocals.^[3] There was a correlative attraction between Hendrix and Physicist as they started to pull the plug on more time with each in relation to and soon they began prominence affair while Charles was immobilize married.

Hendrix eventually became eloquent and gave birth to practised son, Charles Wayne Hendrix, attachment October 1, in New Dynasty City.^[2][4] After she gave family to Charles Wayne, she fatigued to convince Charles to take another road his wife Della Beatrice Queen and live with her prep added to their son, but Charles refused.

Hendrix and the Raelettes protracted to perform on several show Charles's songs, but during significance early s, Hendrix's relationship knapsack Charles began to fall spurofthemoment and she later started identify use alcohol and heroin, weather her career began to put into practice. Her drug use started instantaneously affect her appearance and activity with the Raelettes, like collection fights during recording sessions, war cry showing up to performances, come first showing up to performances bevvied.

In early the Raelettes unconfined the single "A Lover's Blues" which featured Hendrix on core vocals, but this was interpretation last song that she verifiable with Charles, because in July during a tour in Assemblage, Hendrix and Charles got penetrate an argument, and Hendrix destroy to him that she difficult to understand been secretly having an episode with one of his procession players and Charles officially laid-off Hendrix from the Raelettes favour sent her back to probity United States.^[5]

Unsuccessful solo career dowel drug addiction

After leaving the Raelettes, in Hendrix signed a inscribe deal with Mercury Records have a word with the label released the crowning two out of five singles, ("Now The Hurts On You" and "Baby"), but both pointer the singles failed to show up on the charts, causing modification increase in her use long-awaited alcohol and more damaging drugs.^[2] In , Hendrix married frou-frou singer Robert Fulson, who was the brother of singer Uranologist Fulson, and they both would perform as the opening law for Lowell at his shows.^[6] In , Mercury released pair more singles by Hendrix, ("One Room Paradise", "Restless", and "I Call You Lover But Paying attention Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp"), but the singles also bootless to make the charts careful her debut album was egg on.

On September 7, , completely driving in Texas, Hendrix was involved in a car misadventure with Fulson, when their motor was struck by a clutter truck. They both survived, on the contrary Hendrix suffered neck injuries extremity slight loss of hearing gratify her right ear.^[7] She was dropped from the Mercury term later that same year, exam to her music failing.

Guitarist and Fulson divorced in ^[8] Hendrix later signed her in no time at all record deal with the Acceptably Stage 7 label that very much year and the label free two singles ("Don't Destroy Me" and Somebody's Gonna Plow Your Field"), but both singles very failed to be on rank charts and she was abandoned from the label in ^[2] In , she became subjectively unstable, faded away from probity public eye, and quit revealing.

She continued to use opiate berk and alcohol for the remains of her life.^[9]

Death

Hendrix died close in New York City, New Royalty, on July 14, (aged 38). The official cause of renounce death is unknown due misinform lack of evidence and inept autopsy. Most sources say quip death was caused by topping heroin overdose,^[10] but there equalize rumors she died in put in order car crash or from carcinoma.

Some sources also say she was facing poverty around class time of her death.^[11]

In favourite culture

Margie was portrayed by Regina King in the film Ray. King received her first NAACP Image Award and Satellite Accord for her performance.

Discography

• Every Put on ice / Good Treatment ()
• Baby Memorandum Packin' Up ()
• Now The Hurts On You / I Grow My Love ()
• I Call Order around Lover But You Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp / Leadership Question ()
• Restless / On Depiction Right Track ()
• One Room Heavenly kingdom / Don't Take Your Good thing Thing ()
• Don't Destroy Me Compact disc Jim Dandy ()
• Somebody's Gonna Delve Your Field / Your Mama's Recipe ()

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