Clarence Carter

Clarence Carter (born Jan. 14, 1936) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Montgomery, Ala., who first recorded in the C&C Boys with fellow blind singer Calvin Scott, issuing multiple singles on Fairlane and Duke in the early 1960s. As a solo singer, Carter cut three 1966/67 singles on soul-press Fame, followed by four albums on Atlantic between 1968 and 1970, scoring hits with “Slip Away” and “Patches.” After his three-year marriage to singer Candi Staton, he released an album on Fame in 1973, followed by three albums on ABC between 1974 and 1976.

Discography:

• This Is Clarence Carter (1968)
  
• The Dynamic Clarence Carter (1969)
  
• Testifyin’ (1969)
  
• Patches (1970)
  
• Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter (1973)
  
• Real (1974)
  
• Loneliness and Temptation (1975)
  
• A Heart Full of Song (1976)
  
• Let’s Burn (1980)
  
• Mr. Clarence Carter in Person (1981)
  
• Love Me With a Feeling (1982)
  
• Singing for My Supper (1984)
  
• Messin’ With My Mind (1986)
  
• Dr C.C. (1986)
  
• Hooked on Love (1987)
  
• Touch of Blues (1988)
  
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1989)
  
• Have You Met Clarence Carter…Yet? (1992)

Sources:

• Discogs: Clarence Carter