Clarence Carter

Blues Singer

Clarence Carter was born in Montgomery, Alabama, United States on January 14th, 1936 and is the Blues Singer. At the age of 88, Clarence Carter biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 14, 1936
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Age
88 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Profession
Record Producer, Singer, Singer-songwriter
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Clarence Carter Life

Clarence George Carter (born January 14, 1936) is an American blues and soul singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.

"Slip Away" (1968), "Back Door Santa", "Too Weak to Fight," "Patches" (1970), and "Strokin'" (1985).

Early life

Born blind in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 14, 1936, Carter attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and Alabama State University in Montgomery, graduating in August 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in music.

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Clarence Carter Career

Career

Calvin Scott, a friend, began his professional career with the Fairlane brand "I Wanta Dance But I Don't Know How," as Clarence & Calvin the following year. Following the success of "I Don't Know" (School Girl), the pair joined Duke Records, renaming themselves the C & C Boys, and releasing four singles for the brand, but no one was commercially successful. The pair recorded "Step by Step" at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals in 1965; it was released on the Atlantic Records' subsidiary Atco label, but it didn't succeed to chart.

In 1966, the pair appeared regularly in Birmingham, Alabama. Carter continued as a solo artist after Scott was seriously injured in an auto accident and appeared on the Fame label as a singer. He recorded "Tell Daddy" in 1967, which debuted at number 35 on the Billboard R&B chart and inspired Etta James' answer song, "Tell Mama," for which Carter was credited as a writer. Carter made Atlantic Records at the end of 1967. "Slip Away" (number 2 R&B, number 6 pop), which has been described as "a superb cheating ballad spotlighting Fame's exemplary backing band), and "Too Weak To Fight" (number 3 R&B, number 13 pop). Both of the preceding Atlantic singles were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. He had a holiday pop up with the raunchy and funky "Back Door Santa" (number 4 Christmas pop), and toured all over the country at the end of 1968. Candi Staton and his backing bandmates married in 1970 and produced Clarence Carter Jr., his son, before divorce in 1973.

Carter's hits continued to be strong in 1969 and 1970, with "Snatching It Back," "Doin' Our Thing," and "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone" all making their way to both the US pop and R&B charts. The "B-side" of "Snatching It Back" was a reimagining of James Carr's "The Dark End of the Street" as "Making Love" in the "Making of the Street." Carter's greatest success came in 1970 with his adaptation of "Patches," first recorded by Chairmen of the Board in 1970, which was a UK number two hit and a US number four. The R.I.A.A. awarded a gold disc to the record over one million copies, as well as a R.I.A. gold disc. In September 1970, only two months after its debut, it received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. It was Carter's third million-seller after "Slip Away" and "Too Weak to Fight." However, Carter's later record launches were less popular, and he left Atlantic at the end of 1971 to return to Fame. He signed to ABC Records in 1975, releasing three albums, including Loneliness and Temptation. Carter "virtually made a living off tales of unbridled love and illicit sex," according to writer Brian Ward.

Carter's career suffered as a result of disco's inception in the mid-1970s. Herbert Deon Wilkerson's son, born in 1981, signed for Ichiban Records in 1985 and discovered a new audience with songs such as "Strokin'" and "Dr. ), which attracted a new audience. C.C. "The City of Columbia" was the capital of Canada. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were decades between the 1980s and 1990s. The album company was allegedly too ribald for a public broadcast or radio play, so the record company placed the songs in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song. When it was used in the Eddie Murphy version of The Nutty Professor, "Strokin'" received even greater notice. It was the most prominent feature in William Friedkin's film Killer Joe that it was used. Carter's soul heard a snailing hip-hop crowd. In the Run-D.M.C. case, the horn break from "Back Door Santa" is sampled. "Christmas in Hollis" is a Christmas song in the United States.

Carter's later songs continue to appeal to a predominantly African-American working-class audience that is also interested in contemporary blues artists such as Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush, Marvin Sease, and Sir Charles Jones. He has continued to record, releasing six albums for the Ichiban label and launching his own Cee Gee Entertainment label in 1996. He has also taken to tour in Southern states and internationally.

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