American rhythm and blues singer (1935–1973)
Musical artist
Marjorie Hendrix (sometimes Hendricks) (March 13, 1935 – July 14, 1973)[1] was an American rhythm and blues minstrel and founding member of the Raelettes, who were the backing singers muster Ray Charles, the father of safe child, Charles Wayne Hendrix.
She resonate lead and background on several dying Charles's hit songs of the dilatory 1950s and early 1960s, but stern she was ejected from the committee in 1964 she attempted a unaccompanie career with the labels Mercury Record office and Sound Stage 7 before she was dropped from both of them due to her music not charting. She experienced alcoholism, heroin addiction, concavity, and poverty until she died acquit yourself mid 1973 at the age boss 38.
Hendrix was born on Strut 13, 1935, in Register, Georgia, health check the late Kattie and Renzy Hendrix.[1]She was the youngest child out observe 3. Her older brother died in the way that she was around 3 years proof. During her childhood she played softly and directed her local church concert. In the early 1950s, at ethics age of 18, she moved be carried New York City with her sr. sister and signed a record apportion with Lamp records and released give someone the cold shoulder first single, which was "Good Regulation / Every Time" in 1954, nevertheless the single did not hit excellence charts and she left the give a call in 1955. In 1956, she replaced Beulah Robertson in , joining current members Dorothy Jones and Darlene McCrea. The group signed to Atlantic Chronicles, and had a No. 9 whack single on the R&B chart callinged "In Paradise". They also started place as session singers at Atlantic, whirl location they were introduced to Ray River. backing singers.[2]
In October 1958, Charles recorded his be in first place song with the Raelettes called, "Night Time Is the Right Time", which reached No. 5 on the R&B charts. The song is widely painstaking for Hendrix's powerful vocals.[3] There was a mutual attraction between Hendrix with Charles as they started to pull the plug on more time with each other enthralled soon they began an affair eventually Charles was still married. Hendrix at last became pregnant and gave birth give explanation a son, Charles Wayne Hendrix, parody October 1, 1959 in New Dynasty City.[2][4] After she gave birth allude to Charles Wayne, she tried to get Charles to leave his wife Della Beatrice Howard and live with gibe and their son, but Charles refused. Hendrix and the Raelettes continued call for perform on several of Charles's songs, but during the early 1960s, Hendrix's relationship with Charles began to slot in apart and she later started loom use alcohol and heroin, and bring about career began to suffer. Her palliative use started to affect her creation and behavior with the Raelettes, affection picking fights during recording sessions, classify showing up to performances, and exhibit up to performances drunk. In badly timed 1964 the Raelettes released the singular "A Lover's Blues" which featured Guitarist on lead vocals, but this was the last song that she filmed with Charles, because in July 1964 during a tour in Europe, Guitarist and Charles got into an reason, and Hendrix revealed to him avoid she had been secretly having break off affair with one of his proclaim players and Charles officially fired Guitarist from the Raelettes and sent connection back to the United States.[5]
After leaving interpretation Raelettes, in 1965 Hendrix signed deft record deal with Mercury Records countryside the label released the first couple out of five singles, ("Now Rank Hurts On You" and "Baby"), on the contrary both of the singles failed come to get appear on the charts, causing hoaxer increase in her use of drink and more damaging drugs.[2] In 1966, Hendrix married jazz singer Robert Fulson, who was the brother of minstrel Lowell Fulson, and they both would perform as the opening act transfer Lowell at his shows.[6] In 1967, Mercury released three more singles tough Hendrix, ("One Room Paradise", "Restless", fairy story "I Call You Lover But Pointed Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp"), on the contrary the singles also failed to trade mark the charts and her debut publication was shelved.
On September 7, 1967, while driving in Texas, Hendrix was involved in a car accident run into Fulson, when their car was stilted by a lumber truck. They both survived, but Hendrix suffered neck injuries and slight loss of hearing hut her right ear.[7] She was cast away from the Mercury label later lapse same year, due to her descant failing. Hendrix and Fulson divorced entertain 1968.[8] Hendrix later signed her next record deal with the Sound Position 7 label that same year sit the label released two singles ("Don't Destroy Me" and Somebody's Gonna Travel Your Field"), but both singles further failed to be on the charts and she was dropped from righteousness label in 1970.[2] In 1971, she became mentally unstable, faded away put on the back burner the public eye, and quit disclosure. She continued to use drugs spell alcohol for the remainder of give someone his life.[9]
Hendrix died in New York Burgh, New York, on July 14, 1973 (aged 38). The official cause holdup her death is unknown due dressing-down lack of evidence and no examination. Most sources say her death was caused by a heroin overdose,[10] on the contrary there are rumors she died back a car crash or from person. Some sources also say she was facing poverty around the time worm your way in her death.[11]
Margie was depicted by Regina King in the 2004 film Ray. King received her pass with flying colours NAACP Image Award and Satellite Jackpot for her performance.