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FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2013 file photo, from left, singers Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Darlene Love and Lisa Fischer, featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary film "20 Feet From Stardom," pose for a portrait at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Clayton is recovering after being seriously injured in an automobile accident. Clayton\'s manager, Alan Abrahams, said in a statement that the veteran 65-year-old back-up singer "sustained severe injuries to her lower body, including major trauma to her lower extremities" following a June 16, 2014 accident. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, file)

Veteran back-up singer Merry Clayton seriously injured in car accident

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Veteran back-up singer Merry Clayton is recovering after being seriously injured in an automobile accident.

Clayton’s manager, Alan Abrahams, said in a statement Monday that the 65-year-old singer sustained severe injuries to her lower body, including major trauma to her lower extremities, following the June 16 accident.

Abrahams said Monday that Clayton has a long road to recovery.

Clayton was among the backup singers featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary film “20 Feet From Stardom.”

She began her career in the early 1960s and has recorded with Ray Charles, Carole King, Bobby Darin and the Rolling Stones.

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