Judy Clay

Storybook Children - Billy Vera & Judy Clay

You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart
Its You
PRIVATE NUMBER – 1968 STAX with William Bell
Love – Eye – Tis
Storybook Children – with Billy Vera 67
Country Girl – City Man
Greatest Love – 1969

You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart” – Judy Clay’s first Stax release in August 1967 was played at Manchester‘s Blue Note Club – as were many Stax recordings, that weren’t often heard anywhere else. Of course Private Number was a chart hit, but the other side was equal to it and as often requested at the Blue Note.

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Judy Clay and William Bell
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Judy Clay

Towards the end of the 1950’s Judy joined the Drinkard Singers gospel group which had many to become famous female soul singer members (see the link below). Her first solo recordings in the early 1960’s on Scepter and Ember are now rare ‘Northern Soul’ collector items.

Born 12th September 1938 – St. Paul, North Carolina

Died 19th July 2001

Judy Clay – Wikipedia