Marcella Detroit
Biography
Marcella Levy (born June 21, 1952), known professionally as Marcy Levy and (later in her career) Marcella Detroit, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She co-wrote the 1977 Eric Clapton hit "Lay Down Sally" and released her debut studio album Marcella in 1982. She joined Shakespears Sister in 1988 with ex-Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey. Their first two studio albums, Sacred Heart (1989) and Hormonally Yours (1992), both reached the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. Detroit sang the lead vocals on their biggest hit, "Stay", which spent eight consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1992. Detroit left the band in 1993 and had a UK top 20 hit with "I Believe" in 1994. She formed the Marcy Levy Band in 2002, and finished third in the 2010 ITV series Popstar to Operastar.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
609 releases · 119 albums · active 1989–2025
- Performance · 1,817
- Other credits · 306
- Production · 45
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Chapel Studios, LA · Friar Park · The Church, London · The Town House
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Shakespears Sister
- Shakespear's Sister
- Parralox
- Tricky
- Joana Zimmer
- The Bates
- Charlotte Church