• "The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track on The Dark Side of the Moon, a 1973 album by English rock band Pink Floyd. The song features music by keyboard...
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    performing the improvised, wordless vocals on the song "The Great Gig in the Sky" on Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. She sang the theme...
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  • the winning submissions for the contest. All lyrics are written by Roger Waters. Vocal composition on "The Great Gig in the Sky" by Clare Torry. The track...
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  • co-lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Louise Marshall – backing vocals, co-lead vocals and piano on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Harrison, Scoop (13...
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  • and for the recruitment of the session singer Clare Torry, who appears on "The Great Gig in the Sky". The Dark Side of the Moon explores themes such as...
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  • Live at Pompeii (category Pompeii in popular culture)
    Right In Front of Me", "Wish You Were Here", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" and "Comfortably Numb" were all added during the days...
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  • Torry who reprised her lead vocal for "The Great Gig in the Sky" which she originally sang on The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and featuring saxophonist...
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  • untitled original composition. The cassette release splits the album the traditional way, between "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Money". Roger Waters –...
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  • backing vocals (third verse on Great Gig in the Sky) Rachel Fury – backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky (first verse) Durga McBroom –...
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  • guitars and console steel guitar (on "One of These Days" and "The Great Gig In The Sky") Nick Mason – drums, percussion Richard Wright – keyboards, backing...
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  • first lead vocalist on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Durga McBroom – backing vocals, second lead vocalist on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Claudia Fontaine – backing...
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  • The tracks on the Wish You Were Here Immersion box set were recorded on 15 November 1974. The tracks from "Speak To Me" to "The Great Gig in the Sky"...
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  • vocals, co-lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Durga McBroom – backing...
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    present in the set) "The Great Gig in the Sky" (performed on 30th/31 May with Mica Paris and during the early European dates, but was dropped until the London...
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    sung instead of "Tired of lying in the sunshine". "The Great Gig in the Sky", whose working title was "Religion" or "The Mortality Sequence", originally...
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  • Torry's howls on "The Great Gig in the Sky" during the film's tornado scene, and the album's final fading heartbeat while Dorothy listens to the Tin Woodman's...
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  • there in 1971. Gilmour also dropped "Us and Them" from the set and replaced it with "The Great Gig in the Sky" but played earlier in the set (see the setlist...
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  • vocals, first vocalist on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Durga McBroom – backing vocals, second vocalist on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Claudia Fontaine – backing...
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  • lead vocals, the others being "The Great Gig in the Sky" (1973) with Clare Torry and "Hey Hey Rise Up" (2022) with Andriy Khlyvnyuk. The song, written...
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  • also heard in "Money" Helicopter noise, also heard in "On the Run" Clare Torry's wordless vocals, also heard in "The Great Gig in the Sky" Backwards piano...
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  • 2004 and 2005, Hedin opened the Swedish Sport Awards in 2007 by singing Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky, in front of the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf...
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  • "Echoes" Second set: The Dark Side of the Moon "Speak to Me" (extended tape) "Breathe" "On the Run" "Time" "The Great Gig in the Sky" "Money" "Us and Them"...
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    and Jon Carin. In October 2011, McBroom joined her sister Lorelei to sing "The Great Gig in the Sky" in Anaheim, California with the Australian Pink...
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  • recording of the 1987 concert at the Omni in Atlanta. In these live performances, Fury is noted for the opening vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky", first...
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  • Them" Storm Thorgerson – cover design Clare Torry – vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Doris Troy – backing vocals on "Time" and "Us and Them" Carmen...
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    on the Momentary Lapse and Division Bell tours – to sing The Great Gig in the Sky. In 2012, the Australian Pink Floyd completed their Exposed in the Light...
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    frightened of dying." heard near the end of "The Great Gig in the Sky". In 1966, Watts married Myfanwy Edwards-Roberts, the daughter of a Welsh father and...
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  • audition (Rimes blocking the other three coaches with the Ultimate Block), after Bella Taylor Smith and Lachie Gill in the tenth and eleventh season...
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  • son). Carol Kenyon – Backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" (session singer who has recorded for Van Morrison and Tears for...
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    "The Great Gig in the Sky." In 1973 Pink Floyd undertook two short tours of the US, one in March to coincide with the release of The Dark Side of the Moon...
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