Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons was an American musician who was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Clemons featured prominently on Springsteen albums. Outside of his work with the E Street Band, Clemons recorded with many other artists and had a number of musical projects on his own. This includes his duet with Jackson Browne on the single "You're a Friend of Mine", and his saxophone work on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love". During the 1980s, Clemons owned a Red Bank, New Jersey nightclub called Big Man's West. He toured in the first incarnation of Ringo Starr & The All-Starr Band in 1989. In the mid-1990s, he recorded a Japan-only CD release called Aja and the Big Man "Get It On" withAja Kim. In the 2000s, Clemons along with producer Narada Michael Walden, put together a group called The Temple of Soul, releasing a single called 'Anna'. He also recorded with philanthropic teen band Creation. Clemons collaborated with Lady Gaga on the songs "Hair" and "The Edge of Glory" from her album Born This Way.

Clemons suffered a stroke on June 12, 2011, and died of complications from it on June 18.

Music Videos

 * A Woman's Got The Power
 * I Wanna Be Your Hero
 * The Edge of Glory with Lady Gaga
 * You're a Friend of Mine with Jackson Browne