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Clarence Carter (born 14 January 1936, Montgomery, Alabama) is a singer and musician.

Carter’s earliest releases were as half of the duo Clarence And Calvin. Also known as the “C And C Boys”, the blind duo made seven singles, the last of which was recorded at Fame’s Muscle Shoals studio. When his partner, Calvin Thomas (aka Scott), suffered serious injuries in a car accident in 1966, Carter became a solo act (Calvin himself later reappeared as a solo act to record two Dave Crawford-produced Atco Records singles in 1969/70 and a Clarence Paul-produced 1971 album for Stax Records, I’m Not Blind .… I Just Can’t See, from which two singles were also taken). “Tell Daddy”, released in January 1967, began a fruitful spell of Fame-produced hits by Carter, released on the Atlantic Records label. Noteworthy were “Thread The Needle”, “Looking For A Fox” and “Slip Away”, where the singer combined his outstanding voice with his skill as an arranger and musician.

“Patches”, first recorded by Chairmen Of The Board, was a UK number 2 and a US number 4 in 1970, but despite further strong offerings, Clarence was unable to sustain the momentum. He remained with Fame until 1973, where he also helped guide Candi Staton, who was now his wife, before moving to ABC Records the subsequent year.

Further recordings on Venture and Big C took Carter’s career into the 1980s and later the artist found a sympathetic outlet with the Ichiban Records label. Despite being blinded as a child, he developed a distinctive guitar style that complemented his earthy delivery, and was just as comfortable on keyboards, writing songs or arranging sessions.

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1	Slip Away full track	625
2	Patches full track	226
3	Back Door Santa full track	74
4	Strokin'	46
5	Too Weak to Fight full track	40
6	Snatching It Back	38
7	Looking for a Fox	27
8	The Road Of Love full track	15
9	I Can't See Myself	10
10	Strokin	9
10	I Got Caught Making Love full track	9
12	Funky Fever	7
13	I'd Rather Go Blind	6
13	Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)	6
13	Backstabbers full track	6

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girl_from_oz wrote:
June 2008

I love that song Patches, have done for years

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MartinW wrote:
May 2008

AH BE STROKIN'

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mikeroach113 wrote:
March 2008

LOL, now that you mentioned it, he does look like The Biz a little bit! XD

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pickabar wrote:
January 2008

you're breaking down my health, girl...

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Spencerh81 wrote:
November 2007

he looks like biz markie

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soulfinger wrote:
October 2007

Stroke it to the east... stroke it to the west... stroke it to the woman... that I love best

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TURDF3RGUSON wrote:
September 2007

3 WORDS: I BE STROKIN'.

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eveldo wrote:
September 2007

Yes, but his cover of I'd Rather Go Blind is transcendent.

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FierceDiva wrote:
May 2007

Now when I start making love to my woman I don't stop until I know she's sas-ified And I can always tell when she gets sas-ified 'Cause when she gets sas-fied she start calling my name She'd say: 'Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter Clarence Carter, ooooh shit, Clarence Carter'

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Snatch_it_foom wrote:
April 2007

Clarence Carters light my fire is unbelievably bad :P

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jarvinho11 wrote:
April 2007

Patches! I'm depending in on you son!

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DoubleNickel55 wrote:
January 2007

well isn't that special?

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herringtrout wrote:
November 2006

I got caught... making looooooove to another man's wife.. yes i did

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