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Clarence Carter

Person · male · United States · Montgomery · born 1936 · died 2026 · recording since 1961

American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician

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Also known as Carter, Clarence · 克拉伦斯·卡特

Debut: 1961
Recording span: 59 years
Release groups: 100
Timeline events: 26
Wiki language versions: 18

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Timeline

26 events▣ Album 23◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1930s
1. 14 January 1936 · Birth
  Born 1936-01-14
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1961 · Debut release
  Debut release: I Wanna Dance (but Don’t Know How) / Money and Woman
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1968 · Album
  Album: This Is Clarence Carter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1969 · Album
  Album: The Dynamic Clarence Carter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1969 · Album
  Album: Testifyin’
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1970 · Album
  Album: Patches
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1973 · Album
  Album: Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. August 1974 · Album
  Album: Real
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1976 · Album
  Album: Loneliness & Temptation
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. September 1976 · Album
  Album: A Heart Full of Song
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: Let’s Burn
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1981 · Album
  Album: In Person
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1981 · Album
  Album: Dr. C. C.
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1982 · Album
  Album: Love Me With a Feeling
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1982 · Album
  Album: Livin’ the Life
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1984 · Album
  Album: Singing for My Supper
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1986 · Album
  Album: Dr. C.C.
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1987 · Album
  Album: Messin’ With My Mind
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1987 · Album
  Album: Hooked on Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1988 · Album
  Album: Touch of Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Album
  Album: Have You Met Clarence Carter... Yet?
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 17 October 1995 · Album
  Album: I Couldn’t Refuse
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 20 March 2009 · Album
  Album: Greatest Hits
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 1 July 2011 · Album
  Album: Sing Along With Clarence Carter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 13 May 2026 · Death
  Died 2026
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography776 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371000198

Biography

Clarence George Carter (January 14, 1936 – May 13, 2026) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. His most successful songs include "Slip Away", "Back Door Santa" (both released 1968), "PatchesPatches1970 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Willie and Laura Mae Jones4:18A2Say Man3:25A3I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’)2:15A4Let It Be3:29A5I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:34A6You’re Love Lifted Me2:37B1Till I Can’t Take It Anymore3:13B2Patches3:11B3It’s All in Your Mind2:37B4Changes2:53B5C.C. Blues3:25B6Getting the Bills (but No Merchandise)2:19" (1970), and "Strokin'" (1986).

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.

Career

His professional music career began with friend Calvin Scott, signing to the Fairlane label to release "I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How", as Calvin and Clarence, the following year. After the 1962 release of "I Don't Know (School Girl)", the pair joined Duke Records, renamed themselves the C & C Boys and released four singles for the label, though none were commercially successful. In 1965, the duo recorded "Step by Step" at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals; it was released on the Atlantic Records' subsidiary Atco label, but it also failed to chart.
The duo performed regularly in clubs in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1966. After Scott was seriously injured in an auto accident, Carter continued as a solo singer, and recorded for the Fame label. In 1967 he recorded "Tell Daddy", which reached number 35 on the Billboard R&B chart and inspired Etta James's answer record, "Tell Mama", for which Carter was credited as writer. At the end of 1967, Carter joined Atlantic Records. He then began a string of hits on the R&B and pop charts, starting with "Slip Away" (number 2 R&B, number 6 pop), which has been described as "a superior cheating ballad spotlighting his anguished, massive baritone alongside the remarkably sinuous backing of 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. At the end of 1968, he had a seasonal pop hit with the raunchy and funky "Back Door Santa" (number 4 Christmas pop), and toured nationally. His backing singers included Candi Staton; they married in 1970 and had a son together, Clarence Carter Jr., before divorcing in 1973.
Carter continued to have hits in 1969 and 1970, with "Snatching It Back", "The Feeling Is Right", "Doin' Our Thing", and "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone" all reaching both the U.S. pop and R&B charts. The B-side of "Snatching It Back" was a remake of a remake of James Carr's "The Dark End of the Street", titled "Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)". Carter's biggest hit came in 1970 with his version of "PatchesPatches1970 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Willie and Laura Mae Jones4:18A2Say Man3:25A3I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’)2:15A4Let It Be3:29A5I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:34A6You’re Love Lifted Me2:37B1Till I Can’t Take It Anymore3:13B2Patches3:11B3It’s All in Your Mind2:37B4Changes2:53B5C.C. Blues3:25B6Getting the Bills (but No Merchandise)2:19", first recorded by Chairmen of the Board, which was a UK number 2 hit and a U.S. number 4. The record sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. in September 1970, just two months after its release, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1971. Following "Slip Away" and "Too Weak to Fight", it was Carter's third million-seller. However, Carter's later record releases were less successful, and he left Atlantic at the end of 1971 to rejoin the Fame label. In 1975 he signed to ABC Records, releasing three albums including Loneliness and Temptation. According to writer Brian Ward, Carter "virtually made a career from tales of unbridled love and illicit sex..."
With the advent of disco in the mid-1970s, Carter's career suffered. 1981 saw the birth of another son, Herbert Deon Wilkerson. Then, in 1985, he signed with Ichiban Records and found a new audience beginning with 1986's Dr. C.C. album and its singles "Strokin'" and the title track. "Strokin'" was reputedly deemed too ribald for a public release or radio play, so the record company placed the records in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song. "Strokin'" was included in the Eddie Murphy remake of The Nutty Professor and in William Friedkin's film Killer Joe. The horn break from "Back Door Santa" was sampled in the Run-D.M.C. Christmas song "Christmas in Hollis".
Carter's later songs continue to appeal to a primarily 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 continued to record and released six albums for the Ichiban label from 1986 on. Carter also established his own Cee Gee Entertainment label. He also continued to tour regularly in the Southern states and internationally.

Death

Carter died at a hospice facility in Atlanta, Georgia, of complications from pneumonia on May 13, 2026, at the age of 90. He had also been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	18	78.1th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	100	97.9th
Studio albums	25	97.5th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	26	95.9th
Recording span (years)	59	97.3th
Genres	4	84.7th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (100 release groups · 25 studio albums)

Albums · 25

This Is Clarence Carter
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:58
A1Do What You Gotta Do2:31
A2Looking for a Fox2:18
A3Slippin’ Around2:34
A4I’m Qualified2:21
A5I Can’t See Myself2:28
A6Wind It Up2:37
B1Part Time Love2:39
B2Thread the Needle2:33
B3Slip Away2:32
B4Funky Fever2:51
B5She Ain’t Gonna Do Right2:30
B6Set Me Free3:04
The Dynamic Clarence Carter
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:43
A1I’d Rather Go Blind3:05
A2Think About It2:46
A3The Road of Love2:58
A4You’ve Been a Long Time Comin’2:50
A5Light My Fire2:52
A6That Old Time Feeling2:37
B1Steal Away2:43
B2Let Me Comfort You2:19
B3Look What I Got3:03
B4Too Weak to Fight2:19
B5Harper Valley P.T.A.3:36
B6Weekend Love2:35
Testifyin’
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:02
A1Bad News2:55
A2Snatching It Back2:47
A3Soul Deep2:36
A4I Smell a Rat2:37
A5Doin' Our Thing2:25
A6You Can't Miss What You Can’t Measure2:17
B1Instant Reaction2:49
B2Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)5:00
B3The Feeling Is Right2:50
B4Back Door Santa2:14
B5I Can't Do Without You2:32
Patches
1970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:16
A1Willie and Laura Mae Jones4:18
A2Say Man3:25
A3I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’)2:15
A4Let It Be3:29
A5I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:34
A6You’re Love Lifted Me2:37
B1Till I Can’t Take It Anymore3:13
B2Patches3:11
B3It’s All in Your Mind2:37
B4Changes2:53
B5C.C. Blues3:25
B6Getting the Bills (but No Merchandise)2:19
Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:22
A1I’m the Midnight Special2:35
A2Heartbreak Woman3:11
A3Sixty Minute Man3:12
A4I Love You5:23
A5Love’s Trying to Come to You2:33
B1Next to You3:03
B2Run Out of Time2:34
B3It Was So Nice While It Lasted2:53
B4And They Say Don’t Worry2:50
B5I Got Another Woman3:08
Real
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:08
A1Real5:18
A2On Your Way Down5:37
A3Warning3:07
A4Everything Comes Up Rosey3:54
B1Fine Love2:49
B2A Very Special Love Song4:49
B3Shaky at Home4:17
B4Wake-Up to Love5:17
Loneliness & Temptation
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:56
A1Love Ain’t Here No More4:05
A2Take a Taste of Your Love2:50
A3Glad to See You Walking In3:06
A4Just One More Day5:57
A5Let’s Start Doing2:56
B1Let’s Live for Ourselves2:34
B2I Got Caught Making Love4:34
B3Is It Alright3:05
B4Dear Abby3:04
B5Take It All Off2:45
A Heart Full of Song
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:53
A1All Messed Up2:47
A2Heart Full of Songs3:23
A3Danger Point2:48
A4Jenning’s Alley6:07
A5Shoulder to Cry On3:25
B1That’s What Your Love Means to Me2:50
B2Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained2:40
B3Come Back Baby5:23
B4I Thought It Was Over2:35
B5Don’t Bother Me2:55
Let’s Burn
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:33
1Jimmy’s Disco4:27
2Let’s Burn4:44
3Scratch My Back6:13
4If I Stay4:22
5Love Building6:03
6She’s Out to Get Me4:10
7I’m So Tired3:46
8Another Night3:23
9Just Searching3:25
In Person
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
1Can We Slip Away, Again?
2Use Me Anyway You Can
3Tell Daddy
4Those Were the Good Old Days
5In Person
6Try a Piece of My Love
7I Love You
8If I Were Yours
9It’s a Monster Thang
Dr. C. C.
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 37:23
1Dr. C.C.4:09
2I Stayed Away Too Long3:14
3If You Let Me Take You Home4:44
4Left Over Love3:31
5You Been Cheatin’ on Me3:20
6Try Me3:20
7Let’s Funk4:04
8Strokin’4:38
9Strokin’ (extended mix)6:23
Love Me With a Feeling
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
A1Wrong Too Long
A2It’s All in Being in Love
A3Funky Fever
A4Love Me With a Feeling
B1Fighting to Keep My Head Above Water
B2Girl From Soweto
B3You and Me Baby
B4Hold on to What You Got
B5We Are a Good Act Together
Livin’ the Life
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Living in the Life
A2Don’t Ever Be Lonely
A3Finally Got Myself Together
A4Use Me
A5Trying to Love Two
B1I’ll Be Around
B2Runnin’ for Your Love
B3Back Stabbers
B4Pledging My Love
B5Patches
Singing for My Supper
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:17
A1Messin’ With My Mind4:18
A2What Was I Supposed to Do?4:18
A3Thank Him for Leaving You4:10
A4Mama Used to Sing the Blues3:35
A5It Ain’t What You Do4:32
B1Sweet Feeling4:22
B2Fast Young Lady3:47
B3So You’re Leaving Me?4:08
B4Hot Stuff4:00
B5I Was in the Neighborhood4:07
Dr. C.C.
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 30:56
A1Dr. C.C.4:09
A2I Stayed Away Too Long3:14
A3If You Let Me Take You Home4:43
A4Left Over Love3:29
B1You Been Cheatin’ on Me3:20
B2Try Me3:20
B3Let’s Funk4:03
B4Strokin’4:38
Messin’ With My Mind
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:35
1Messin’ With My Mind4:23
2So You’re Leaving Me4:09
3Hot Stuff4:02
4Fast Young Lady3:49
5Wrong Too Long6:04
6Girl From Soweto3:53
7Sweet Feeling4:25
8I Was in the Neighborhood4:14
9It Ain’t What You Do4:38
10Love Me With a Feeling5:58
Hooked on Love
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 33:03
A1Trying to Sleep Tonight3:15
A2Grandpa Can’t Fly His Kite6:38
A3I Can’t See Myself3:04
A4While You Were Loving Him4:00
B1I Feel It4:43
B2Slip Away2:38
B3Let Me Be the Other Man4:15
B4What’d I Say4:30
Touch of Blues
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1I’m Not Just Good, I’m the Best
A2All Night, All Day
A3Rock Me Baby
A4Kiss You All Over
B1Why Do I Stay Here (and Take This Shit From You)
B2Stormy Monday Blues
B3It’s a Man Down There
B4Dance to the Blues
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:25
A1Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be4:25
A2The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back3:54
A3I Ain’t Leaving Girl5:32
A4Too Weak to Fight4:52
B1Pickin’ ’Em Up, Layin’ ’Em Down4:20
B2I’m Between a Rock and a Hard Place4:04
B3I’ve Got a Thing for You Baby3:33
B4If You See My Lady3:43
B5Love Building6:02
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:20
A1Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be4:24
A2The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back3:53
A3I Ain’t Leaving Girl5:31
A4Too Weak to Fight4:54
B1Pickin’ ’Em Up, Layin’ ’Em Down4:20
B2I’m Between a Rock and a Hard Place4:04
B3I’ve Got a Thing for You Baby3:32
B4If You See My Lady3:43
B5Love Building5:59
Have You Met Clarence Carter... Yet?
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:55
1I Can’t Stand It3:34
2‘G’ Spot4:52
3Cheater3:44
4It’s Too Late3:30
5I Wouldn’t Do That4:53
6Let’s Get a Quickie3:39
7Hot Dog4:22
8Hand Me Down Love3:48
9Did You Bring It All Back4:17
10How Did You Feel5:16
I Couldn’t Refuse
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:00
1What Was I Supposed to Do?5:35
2You’re Messin’ With My Mind4:23
3If Only3:59
4Another Night With You3:03
5Slip Away Again3:03
6I’m So Tired of Explaining3:49
7I Was in the Neighborhood4:18
8I Couldn’t Refuse3:50
Greatest Hits
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:46
1Slip Away2:34
2Too Weak to Fight2:18
3Patches3:08
4Back Stabbers2:51
5Got a Thing About You Baby2:26
6Starting All Over Again2:46
7Lovely Day3:33
8You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me3:31
9Drift Away3:29
10Woman Don’t Go Astray2:26
11Brick House3:48
12Everybody Plays the Fool2:56
Sing Along With Clarence Carter
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:16
1A New Love4:00
2Baby Baby4:31
3Don’t Bother Me5:22
4I Wouldn’t Do That If I Were You4:48
5Looking for a Fox4:45
6Let’s Start Doing4:01
7Let’s Straighten It Out3:55
8Look What I Got3:49
9Make My Groove4:57
10I Want to Mark Your Card4:08
All Y’all Feeling All Right
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:28
1A Good Time Tonight3:31
2Let’s Do It, Before We Get Sleepy3:36
3Do It to Me Again4:10
4I Like Your Touch3:27
5Let It All Hang Out3:33
6Open the Door to Your Heart4:24
7She Got Me Pumping3:34
8Somebody’s Coming4:27
9Did I Do the Right Thing3:32
10Put Up or Shut Up5:14

Single · 58

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1961	I Wanna Dance (but Don’t Know How) / Money and WomanSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:20 AI Wanna Dance (but Don’t Know How)2:04 BMoney and Woman2:16	1961
1962	Goodnight Irene / I Don’t Know (School Girl)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 3:50 AGoodnight Irene1:48 BI Don’t Know (School Girl)2:02	1962
1963	Hey Marvin / You Stole My HeartSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AHey Marvin BYou Stole My Heart	1963
1963	I Like It / Somebody Better Come Home QuickSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AI Like It BSomebody Better Come Home Quick	1963
1964	It’s All Over Now / My LifeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AIt’s All Over Now BMy Life	1964
1965	Lip Service / You’re Gonna Come DownSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks ALip Service BYou’re Gonna Come Down	1965
1965	Step by Step / Rooster Knees & RiceSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:02 AStep by Step2:35 BRooster Knees and Rice2:27	1965
1966	I Stayed Away Too Long / Tell DaddySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:05 AI Stayed Away Too Long2:40 BTell Daddy2:25	1966
1967	Thread the Needle / Don’t Make My Baby CrySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:09 AThread the Needle2:40 BDon’t Make My Baby Cry2:29	1967
1967	She Ain’t Gonna Do Right / The Road of LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:48 AShe Ain’t Gonna Do Right2:23 BThe Road of Love2:25	1967
1968	Back Door Santa / That Old Time FeelingSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:42 ABack Door Santa2:10 BThat Old Time Feeling2:32	1968
1968	Looking for a Fox / I Can’t See MyselfSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:47 ALooking for a Fox2:14 BI Can’t See Myself2:33	1968
1968	Looking for a Fox / Funky FeverSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks ALooking for a Fox BFunky Fever	1968
1968	Too Weak to Fight / Let Me Comfort YouSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:39 AToo Weak to Fight2:20 BLet Me Comfort You2:19	1968
1968	Slip Away / Funky FeverSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:25 ASlip Away2:40 BFunky Fever2:45	18 April 1968
1969	The Feeling Is Right / You Can’t Miss What You Can’t MeasureSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:18 AThe Feeling Is Right2:54 BYou Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure2:24	1969
1969	Snatching It Back / Making Love (at the Dark End of the Street)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:19 ASnatching It Back2:39 BMaking Love (at the Dark End of the Street)3:40	1969
1969	Doin’ Our Thing / I Smell a RatSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:02 ADoin’ Our Thing2:25 BI Smell a Rat2:37	1969
1969	Take It Off Him and Put It on Me / The Few Troubles I’ve HadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:17 ATake It Off Him and Put It on Me2:50 BThe Few Troubles I’ve Had3:27	1969
1970	Patches / Say It One More TimeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:52 APatches3:10 BSay It One More Time2:42	1970
1970	I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone / Devil WomanSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:24 AI Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:34 BDevil Woman2:50	March 1970
1970	It’s All in Your Mind / Till I Can’t Take It AnymoreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:36 AIt’s All in Your Mind2:31 BTill I Can’t Take It Anymore3:05	October 1970
1971	Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love / I Hate to Love & RunSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:31 ASlipped, Tripped and Fell in Love2:44 BI Hate to Love & Run2:47	1971
1971	Scratch My Back (and Mumble in My Ear) / I’m the OneSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:08 AScratch My Back (and Mumble in My Ear)3:30 BI’m the One2:38	1971
1971	The Court Room / Getting the Bills (but No Merchandise)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:44 AThe Court Room3:29 BGetting the Bills (but No Merchandise)2:15	1971
1972	Back in Your Arms Again / Holdin’ Out (on Me Baby)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:06 ABack in Your Arms Again3:08 BHoldin’ Out (on Me Baby)2:58	1972
1973	Sixty Minute Man / Mother-in-LawSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:22 ASixty Minute Man3:12 BMother-in-Law3:10	1973
1973	Put On Your Shoes and Walk / I’ve Found Somebody NewSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:33 APut On Your Shoes and Walk2:50 BI’ve Found Somebody New2:43	1973
1973	I’m the Midnight Special / I Got Another WomanSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:39 AI’m the Midnight Special2:35 BI Got Another Woman3:04	1973
1974	Warning / On Your Way DownSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:37 AWarning2:50 BOn Your Way Down4:47	1974
1975	Dear Abby / Love Ain’t Here No MoreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:05 ADear Abby3:00 BLove Ain’t Here No More4:05	1975
1975	I Got Caught / Take It All OffSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:59 AI Got Caught2:55 BTake It All Off2:04	1975
1976	A Heart Full of Song / All Messed UpSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:10 AA Heart Full of Song3:23 BAll Messed Up2:47	1976
1977	What Was I Supposed to Do / I Couldn’t Refuse (Your Love)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 9:30 AWhat Was I Supposed to Do5:30 BI Couldn’t Refuse (Your Love)4:00	1977
1977	Can I Make It With YouSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:50 ACan I Make It With You, Part 13:25 BCan I Make It With You, Part 23:25	1977
1980	Jimmy’s Disco / SearchingSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:20 AJimmy’s Disco3:54 BSearching3:26	September 1980
1981	Can We Slip Away, Again? / If I Were YoursSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:41 ACan We Slip Away, Again?2:53 BIf I Were Yours3:48	1981
1981	Let’s Burn / If I SaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 9:06 ALet’s Burn4:40 BIf I Say4:26	1981
1981	It’s a Monster Thang / If I Were YoursSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:53 AIt’s a Monster Thang4:05 BIf I Were Yours3:48	1981
1982	I’m So Tired / Let’s BurnSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AI’m So Tired BLet’s Burn	1982
1982	Love Me With a Feeling / Girl From SowetoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:08 ALove Me With a Feeling3:31 BGirl From Soweto3:37	1982
1985	Messin’ With My Mind / I Was in the NeighborhoodSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:18 AMessin’ With My Mind4:11 BI Was in the Neighborhood4:07	1985
1985	It Ain’t What You Do / What Was I Supposed to DoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:57 AIt Ain’t What You Do4:38 BWhat Was I Supposed to Do4:19	1985
1986	If You Let Me Take You Home / So You’re Leaving MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:44 AIf You Let Me Take You Home4:40 BSo You’re Leaving Me4:04	1986
1986	Strokin’ / Love Me With FeelingSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 10:28 AStrokin’4:35 BLove Me With Feeling5:53	1986
1987	Grandpa Can’t Fly His Kite / What’d I SaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:34 AGrandpa Can’t Fly His Kite3:26 BWhat’d I Say3:08	1987
1987	Dr. C.C. / I Stayed Away Too LongSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:15 ADr. C.C.4:03 BI Stayed Away Too Long3:12	1987
1987	I Feel It / Slip AwaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:13 AI Feel It4:35 BSlip Away2:38	1987
1988	Trying to Sleep Tonight / Try MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:33 ATrying to Sleep Tonight3:15 BTry Me3:18	1988
1989	Kiss You All Over / Dance to the BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:06 AKiss You All Over3:50 BDance to the Blues3:16	1989
1989	Miss Grace / Slip AwaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AMiss Grace BSlip Away	1989
1989	Why Do I Stay Here and Take This Shit From You / It’s a Man Down ThereSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:28 AWhy Do I Stay Here and Take This Shit From You3:52 BIt’s a Man Down There3:36	1989
1990	I’m Between a Rock and a Hard Place / Dance to the BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:13 AI’m Between a Rock and a Hard Place3:57 BDance to the Blues3:16	1990
1991	I Ain’t Leaving Girl / If You See My LadySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:09 AI Ain’t Leaving Girl4:27 BIf You See My Lady3:42	1991
1991	Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be / Pickin’ ‘Em Up, Layin’ Em DownSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:37 AThings Ain’t Like They Used to Be4:20 BPickin’ ‘Em Up, Layin’ Em Down4:17	1991
1992	Hand Me Down Love / Let’s Get a QuickieSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:20 AHand Me Down Love3:44 BLet’s Get a Quickie3:36	1992
1992	“G” Spot / Hot DogSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 9:04 A“G” Spot4:46 BHot Dog4:18	1992
1994	Strokin’ / Still Strokin’Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 31:35 1Strokin’6:26 2I Feel It3:31 3Dr C.C.4:09 4Watch Where You Stroke3:58 5Still Strokin’ (Priority One XXX)4:44 6Still Strokin’ (Priority One radio mix)4:43 7Still Strokin’ (Priority One instrumental)4:04	1994

Album · 17

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1982	PatchesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:24 A1Patches3:20 A2I’m Easy4:02 A3You Talk Too Much2:29 A4Everybody Plays the Fool2:54 A5Drift Away3:29 B1Starting All Over Again2:45 B2Got a Thing About You Baby2:26 B3You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me3:27 B4Brick House3:43 B5Back Stabbers2:49	Compilation	1982
1991	The Best of Clarence Carter: The Dr.’s Greatest PrescriptionsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:43 1Strokin’4:36 2Trying to Sleep Tonight3:21 3Messin’ With My Mind4:19 4I Was in the Neighborhood4:13 5Dr. C.C.4:08 6Love Me With a Feeling5:57 7I’m Not Just Good, I’m the Best4:27 8Slip Away2:39 9Grandpa Can’t Fly His Kite6:41 10Kiss You All Over3:54 11I’ve Got a Thing for You Baby3:32 12I’m Between a Rock and a Hard Place3:56	Compilation	14 July 1991
1992	Live in JohannesburgSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 39:45 1Intro1:24 2Girl From Soweto3:58 3Looking for a Fox4:55 4Patches3:58 5Take It All Off5:43 6I Got Caught13:07 7Don’t Bother Me6:40	Live	1992
1992	Snatching It Back: The Best OfSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 21 tracks · 58:09 1Step by Step2:38 2I Stayed Away Too Long2:43 3Tell Daddy2:28 4Looking for a Fox2:17 5I Can’t See Myself2:28 6The Road of Love2:57 7Slip Away2:33 8Back Door Santa2:10 9That Old Time Feeling2:35 10Too Weak to Fight2:18 11I’d Rather Go Blind3:04 12Making Love (at the Dark End of the Street)5:08 13Snatching It Back2:52 14Soul Deep2:40 15I Smell a Rat2:41 16Doin’ Our Thing2:28 17The Feeling Is Right2:55 18I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:37 19Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love2:48 20It’s All in Your Mind2:38 21Patches3:11	Compilation	21 April 1992
1994	Live With the Dr.Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:01:05 1I Like to Screw3:50 2There Are Some Vultures4:10 3Don’t Stop Pushing4:18 4Another Night4:11 5Intro2:32 6Dr. C.C.8:04 7Too Weak to Fight5:21 8Patches4:30 9Slip Away7:17 10Love Me With a Feeling8:03 11Strokin’8:49	Live	1994
1995	Legendary Clarence CarterSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:59 1Love Ain’t Here No More4:09 2Take a Taste of Your Love2:52 3Glad to See You Walking In3:05 4Just One More Day5:46 5Let’s Start Doing (What We Came Here to Do)2:56 6Let’s Give for Ourselves2:34 7I Got Caught Making Love4:38 8Is It Alright3:03 9Dear Abby3:04 10Take It All Off2:52	Compilation	1995
1998	Slip Away and Other HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:58 1Slip Away2:32 2Slipped, Tripped, and Fell in Love2:46 3The Feeling Is Right2:54 4Doin’ Our Thing2:28 5Too Weak to Fight2:20 6Patches3:01 7I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:35 8It’s All in Your Mind2:36 9Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)5:06 10Snatching It Back2:40	Compilation	1998
1998	Testifyin’ / This Is Clarence CarterSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:01:29 1Do What You Gotta Do2:30 2Looking for a Fox2:15 3Slippin’ Around2:30 4I’m Qualified2:20 5I Can’t See Myself2:25 6Wind It Up2:34 7Part Time Love2:37 8Thread the Needle2:30 9Slip Away2:30 10Funky Fever2:45 11She Ain’t Gonna Do Right2:27 12Set Me Free3:04 13Bad News2:55 14Snatching It Back2:47 15Soul Deep2:36 16I Smell a Rat2:37 17Doin’ Our Thing2:25 18You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure2:17 19Instant Reaction2:49 20Making Love (at the Dark End of the Street)5:00 21The Feeling Is Right2:50 22Back Door Santa2:14 23I Can’t Do Without You2:32	Compilation	1998
2001	Starting All Over AgainSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:40 1Lovely Day3:32 2Starting All Over Again2:47 3Slip Away2:34 4Got a Thing About You Baby2:28 5Brickhouse3:46 6Back Stabbers2:53 7I’m Easy4:04 8Woman Don’t Go Astray2:25 9Too Weak to Fight2:17 10Drift Away3:32 11Patches3:24 12You Talk Too Much2:32 13Everybody Plays the Fool2:56 14You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me3:30	Compilation	31 July 2001
2001	The Best and the RestSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 39:39 1Slip Away2:33 2Patches3:20 3Too Weak to Fight2:16 4What Was I Supposed to Do5:32 5You’re Messin’ With My Mind4:19 6If Only3:56 7Another Night With You2:57 8Slip Away Again2:59 9I’m So Tired of Explaining3:44 10I Was in the Neighborhood4:15 11I Could Refuse3:48	Compilation	4 December 2001
2007	The Platinum CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 55:14 1Slip Away2:31 2Back Door Santa2:09 3Snatching It Back2:52 4Tell Daddy2:28 5Too Weak to Fight2:18 6Looking for a Fox2:13 7The Road of Love2:57 8Soul Deep2:41 9I Smell a Rat2:41 10I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:36 11Doin’ Our Thing2:28 12The Feeling Is Right2:55 13That Old Time Feeling2:35 14I Stayed Away Too Long2:43 15Making Love (at the Dark End of the Street)5:07 16It’s All in Your Mind2:38 17I Can’t See Myself2:28 18Step by Step2:39 19I’d Rather Go Blind3:04 20Patches3:11	Compilation	2007
2012	The Fame Singles, Vol. 1: 1966-70Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:04:09 1Tell Daddy2:29 2I Stayed Away Too Long2:43 3Thread the Needle2:45 4Don’t Make My Baby Cry2:30 5She Ain’t Gonna Do Right2:26 6The Road of Love2:53 7Looking for a Fox2:16 8I Can’t See Myself (Crying About You)2:26 9Funky Fever2:50 10Slip Away2:30 11Too Weak to Fight2:18 12Let Me Comfort You2:17 13Back Door Santa2:13 14That Old Time Feeling2:37 15Snatching It Back2:43 16Making Love (at the Dark End of the Street)3:51 17The Feeling Is Right2:57 18You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure2:24 19Doin’ Our Thing2:26 20I Smell a Rat2:42 21Take It Off Him and Put It on Me2:56 22The Few Troubles I’ve Had3:33 23I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:33 24Devil Woman2:51	Compilation	29 May 2012
2013	Clarence Carter: The Fame Singles, Vol. 2 1970-73Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:04:23 1Patches (mono)3:09 2Say It One More Time (mono)2:38 3It’s All in Your Mind2:34 4Till I Can’t Take It Anymore3:07 5The Court Room3:29 6Getting the Bills (but No Merchandise) (mono)2:19 7Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love2:43 8I Hate to Love and Run2:53 9Scratch My Back (and Mumble in My Ear)3:32 10I’m the One2:38 11If You Can’t Beat ’Em2:31 12Lonesomest Lonesome3:13 13Back in Your Arms (mono)3:17 14Holdin’ Out (on My Baby)3:13 15Put on Your Shoes and Walk2:52 16I Found Somebody New (mono)2:42 17Mother‐in‐Law2:56 18Sixty Minute Man (mono)3:07 19I’m the Midnight Special (mono)2:37 20I’ve Got Another Woman (mono)3:08 21Love’s Trying to Come to You (mono)2:33 22Heartbreak Woman (mono)3:12	Compilation	11 December 2013
2014	The Best of Clarence CarterSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:17 A1Slip Away2:29 A2I Smell a Rat2:39 A3Too Weak to Fight2:16 A4Making Love (at the Dark End of the Street)5:05 A5Snatching It Back2:51 A6Patches3:11 B1I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone2:33 B2Funky Fever2:48 B3Doin’ Our Thing2:26 B4The Feeling Is Right2:50 B5Take It Off Him and Put It in Me2:52 B6You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure2:17	Compilation	2014
2016	This Is Clarence Carter / The Dynamic Clarence CarterSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:16:40 1Do What You Gotta Do2:31 2Looking for a Fox2:15 3Slippin’ Around2:32 4I’m Qualified2:20 5I Can’t See Myself2:26 6Wind It Up2:36 7Part Time Love2:38 8Thread the Needle2:31 9Slip Away2:31 10Funky Fever2:51 11She Ain’t Gonna Do Right2:29 12Set Me Free3:06 13I’d Rather Go Blind3:01 14Think About It2:44 15The Road of Love2:56 16You’ve Been a Long Time Coming2:48 17Light My Fire2:51 18That Old Time Feeling2:35 19Steal Away2:41 20Let Me Comfort You2:17 21Look What I Got3:02 22Too Weak to Fight2:18 23Harper Valley PTA3:37 24Weekend Love2:37 25I’m Happy‐Go‐Lucky2:21 26She Ain’t Gonna Do Right2:40 27Take Me, Use Me2:24 28There Won’t Be Another Sunset2:45 29I’ll Be Over After a While2:17	Compilation	2016
2020	Blues LegendsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:35 1Slip Away2:19 2Too Weak to Fight2:03 3Patches2:52 4Brick House3:31 5Easy3:51 6Starting Over Again2:30 7Lovely Day3:20 8Everybody Plays the Fool2:45 9Woman Don’t Go Astray2:17 10You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me3:07	Compilation	2020
—	PatchesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:05 1Staring All Over Again2:49 2Patches3:03 3Slip Away2:33 4Backstabbers2:55 5Everybody Plays the Fool2:58 6Lovely Day3:34 7Woman Don’t Go Astray2:29 8Too Weak to Fight2:18 9You Talk Too Much2:35 10Drift Away3:32 11Got a Thing About You Baby2:31 12Brick House3:48	Compilation	—

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	18	78.1th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	100	97.9th
Studio albums	25	97.5th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	26	95.9th
Recording span (years)	59	97.3th
Genres	4	84.7th

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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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List of soul musicians

United States · Person

rhythm and blues · soul

2 shared genre tags · debut 1962, 1 year apart · from United States

17 wikis

Timeline

1930s

Born 1936-01-14

1960s

Debut release: I Wanna Dance (but Don’t Know How) / Money and Woman

Album: This Is Clarence Carter

Album: The Dynamic Clarence Carter

Album: Testifyin’

1970s

Album: Patches

Album: Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter

Album: Real

Album: Loneliness & Temptation

Album: A Heart Full of Song

1980s

Album: Let’s Burn

Album: In Person

Album: Dr. C. C.

Album: Love Me With a Feeling

Album: Livin’ the Life

Album: Singing for My Supper

Album: Dr. C.C.

Album: Messin’ With My Mind

Album: Hooked on Love

Album: Touch of Blues

1990s

Album: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Album: Have You Met Clarence Carter... Yet?

Album: I Couldn’t Refuse

2000s

Album: Greatest Hits

2010s

Album: Sing Along With Clarence Carter

2020s

Died 2026

Biography

Biography

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Career

Death

Discography & profile

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Discography (100 release groups · 25 studio albums)

Albums · 25

Single · 58

Album · 17

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