Clarence Carter
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Biography
[Edit]Singer Clarence Carter exemplified the gritty, earthy sound of Muscle Shoals R&B, fusing the devastating poignancy of the blues with a wicked, lascivious wit to create deeply soulful music rooted in the American South of the past and the present. Born January 14, 1936, in Montgomery, AL, Carter was blind from birth. He immediately gravitated to music, teaching himself guitar by listening to the blues classics of John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. He majored in music at Alabama State University, learning to transcribe charts and arrangements in Braille.
With blind classmate Calvin Scott, Carter in 1960 formed the duo Clarence & Calvin, signing to the Fairlane label to release "I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How" the following year. After the 1962 release of "I Don't Know (School Girl)," Clarence & Calvin left Fairlane for the Duke imprint, renaming themselves the C & C Boys for their label debut, "Hey Marvin." In all, the duo cut four Duke singles, none of them generating more than a shrug at radio — finally, in 1965 they traveled to Rick Hall's Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL, paying $85 to record the wrenching ballad "Step by Step" and its flip side, "Rooster Knees and Rice." Atlanta radio personality Zenas Sears recommended Clarence & Calvin to Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler, and the label issued "Step by Step" on its Atco subsidiary — the record failed to chart, and the duo was once again looking for a label.
Backed by a four-piece combo dubbed the Mello Men, Clarence & Calvin spent the first half of 1966 headlining Birmingham's 2728 Club. One Friday night in June while returning home from the nightspot, the group suffered an auto accident that left Scott critically injured, initiating an ugly falling-out with Carter over the resulting medical bill. In the meantime, Carter continued as a solo act, signing to Hall's Fame label for 1967's "Tell Daddy," which inspired Etta James' response record, "Tell Mama." The superb popcorn-soul effort "Thread the Needle" proved a minor crossover hit, and after one additional Fame release, "The Road of Love," Carter returned to Atlantic with "Looking for a Fox," issued in early 1968. "Looking for a Fox" proved the first of many singles to slyly reference the singer's visual impairment, not to mention showcasing the libidinous impulses that dominate many of his most popular records.
But few performances better typified the emerging Carter aesthetic than "Slip Away," a superior cheating ballad spotlighting his anguished, massive baritone alongside the remarkably sinuous backing of Fame's exemplary backing band. The record was a Top Ten hit, and its follow-up, "Too Weak to Fight," also went gold, solidifying Carter's newfound commercial appeal. He ended 1968 with a superbly funky Christmas single, the raunchy "Back Door Santa," in addition to mounting a national tour featuring backing vocalist Candi Staton, who later became Carter's wife as well as a soul star in her own right.
The percolating "Snatching It Back" was Carter's first Atlantic release of 1969 — its B-side, a remake of James Carr's deep soul classic "The Dark End of the Street," remains one of the singer's most potent efforts, drawing on traditional blues and gospel to explore both the absurdity and anguish of infidelity. Subsequent singles including "The Feeling Is Right," "Doing Our Thing," and "Take It Off Him and Put It on Me" were only marginally successful, but in 1970 Carter returned to the Top Ten with the sentimental "Patches," his biggest hit to date. He nevertheless stumbled again with a run of 1971 releases like "Getting the Bills" and "Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love," and in the wake of "If You Can't Beat 'Em" — a duet with Staton — Carter left Atlantic in 1972, returning to Fame with "Back in Your Arms Again."
Released in 1973, the leering "Sixty Minute Man" proved a novelty hit, but in 1975 he attempted to reignite his career at ABC, releasing "Take It All Off" and "Dear Abby" to little notice. By the end of the decade Carter was relegated to small independent labels like Future Stars and Ronn, and in 1980 signed to Venture for the ill-advised "Jimmy's Disco" and "Can We Slip Away Again?" In 1985 he resurfaced on the fledgling Ichiban label, returning to the ribald deep soul of his heyday — the LP Dr. C.C. earned positive reviews and spawned the hilariously lewd "Strokin'," a major word-of-mouth hit. (A sequel, "Still Strokin'," followed in 1989.) Carter continued recording and touring regularly into the 21st century, maintaining a strong fan base throughout the South.
Title: Back To Back: George McCrae & Clarence Carter
Artist: George McCrae, Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sings 'Patches' And Other Great Hits
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Country
Title: Snatching It Back: The Best of Clarence Carter
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Best of the Essential Years: Clarence Carter
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Clarence Carter: Greatest Hits (Remastered)
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: A Patch Of Clarence - [The Dave Cash Collection]
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Best of Clarence Carter - The Dr's Greatest Prescriptions
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Dance to the Blues
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Blues, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Classical
Title: Soul Classics, Vol. 26: Clarence Carter
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Back Door Santa - Single
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Everybody Plays the Fool
Artist: George Benson, Clarence Carter, Buddy Guy
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Soul Troubadors (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: Percy Sledge, Eddie Floyd, Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Country
Title: Rock & Soul
Artist: Clarence Carter, Sly!, The Family Stone, Billy Preston
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Funk
Title: This Is Clarence Carter
Artist: Clarence Carter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Country
Collections
Title: Cruisin' To The Hits
Title: Totally #1
Title: Everybody Hurts: The Best Break up Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: BBQ Essentials
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Hits of the '60s
Title: The Ultimate '60s Album
Title: Covered In Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Solid Gold Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Kotter's Super '70s Hits
Title: The Best of Southern Soul, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul
Genre: Electronica, House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Solid Gold
Genre: Rock
Title: The Deep Soul 25
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Of Soul And Rhythm & Blues Collection CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1970 CD2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop
Title: Duane Allman: An Anthology
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Hall Of Fame: Rare & Unissued Gems From The Fame Vaults
Genre: Soul
Title: All The... 60'S (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Castle (Season 3) (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Versão Brega - Chique Brasileira
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits Soul (CD04)
Genre: Soul
Title: Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: The 70's - 1970 (CD2)
Title: Tarantino Experience Take II
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sweet Soul Music 1968
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Electric Blues 2005 Part 3 - 1960-1969 (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Tubes Soul
Title: Billboard Charts Top 1000 Hits 1970-1979 (CD1: 1970)
Genre: Industrial, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Gothic Rock, Grunge, Rock & Roll, Punk, Metal, Reggae, World Music, Country, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic, Indie, Hardcore, Symphonic
Title: The Complete FAME Singles Volume 1: 1964-67 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: BIG BLACK HITS OF THE 60 S (CD2)
Genre: Soul
Title: Boogie Traxx (CD2)
Title: My Perfect List 60 Titres SOUL 1 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: My Perfect List 60 Titres SOUL Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Pimpin' Hits For The Original OGs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Atlantic Gold - 100 Soul Classics (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: One In A Million - The Songs Of Sam Dees
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Radio Gold: Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Brothers I
Title: Soul Brothers III
Title: Beach Blast Shag & Blues Compilation, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Kent's Cellar Of Soul, Vol. 3
Genre: Soul
Title: Mod Anthems (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 100 Hits: Soul
Title: 70 Songs From The 70's (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: Simply The Best Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Featuring albums
Title: Almost Famous (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Muscle Shoals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Christmas A Go-Go
Artist: Various
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves [1967-1977]
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Unofficial Soundtrack First Season
Artist: My Name Is Earl
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack