Claudia Lennear

Claudia Lennear bio

November 21, 1946 / Scorpio / Age 76

Claudia Lennear is an American soul singer and educator. She was born on November 21, 1946 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Her birth name is Claudia Joy Offley. Claudia Lennear's measurements are 34-26-38, she has natural breasts.

She is also known as Joy Lennear.

Claudia Lennear was a featured Playboy model in August 1974.

Lennear has worked with many acts including Ike and Tina Turner, Humble Pie and Joe Cocker. In 1973 She recorded a solo album entitled "Phew!" She was part of a trio of backup singers for Delaney and Bonnie, that also included Rita Coolidge. Lennear's meetings with Mick Jagger and David Bowie are often cited as inspiration for The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" and Bowie's "Lady Grinning Soul." Claudia Lennear was one of Leon Russell's Shelter People. She sang back-up vocals on Joe Cocker's 1970 Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and live album, on Leon Russell and the Shelter People, released in 1971 and on George Harrison's The Concert for Bangla Desh. Lennear had a bit part in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, playing the secretary who asks Clint Eastwood's character for his Social Security number. Lennear was featured in the 2013 Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. She was inducted in the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2019.