MARCY LEVY (aka Marcella Detroit)

Detroit began playing with the Bob Seger band in the early 1970s, then toured and recorded with Leon Russell and The Gap Band RoboCop psp in early 1974, before joining Eric Clapton’s band in September 1974. While working with Clapton she wrote several songs with him, including “Lay Down Sally”. After leaving Clapton’s band, she did session work for a number of artists, including Aretha Franklin

, Al Jarreau, Alice Cooper and Bette Midler. She recorded her first solo album, Marcella, under her birth name, in 1982, and wrote material for Chaka Khan download Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins , Belinda Carlisle , Al Jarreau and Phillip Bailey

, amongst others. In 1985 she worked for Clapton again, and performed with him at Live Aid. In 1989 she joined Shakespeare’s Sister as a band member and songwriter. At about this time she adopted the name Marcella Detroit, after her birthplace. Detroit’s soprano voice provided the lead vocals on their biggest hit, “Stay“, which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for eight weeks in 1992. By the second album she had been promoted to “50% member”, but eventually left the group in 1993.

marcella-detroit31 After leaving the duo, Detroit restarted her solo career and had three UK top 40 hits: “I Believe“ (UK #11), “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing” (a duet with Elton John) (UK #24), and “I’m No Angel” (UK #33). She made a number of solo albums: Jewel (1994) (UK #15), Feeler (1996), and Dancing Madly Sideways (2001). In 2004 she began using her birth name again, as she returned to her blues roots and started playing with Carlos Guitarlos. In September 2006 she released a blues album, The Upside of Being Down under the name Marcy Levy Band. In April 2007 she released digitally a pop/dance song called “Mystery to Me” with Loverush UK.