Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter ( born January 14, 1936 in Montgomery ) is an American singer, arranger and songwriter.
Life
Clarence Carter, blind since early childhood, play the guitar taught himself, sang in a gospel choir and completed a music education. Together with Calvin Thomas, he formed the duo Clarence & Calvin, however, was not very successful. After a car accident by Calvin Thomas Carter launched a solo career and had away in 1968 with panties and Too weak to fight two million sellers. In 1970, he could end up with patches nocheimal a hit. At the Grammy Awards 1971 patches was nominated for Best R & B Song.
Hit- Singles
- Slip Away 1968 ( U.S. No. 3 )
- Too weak to fight in 1968 (U.S. # 33 )
- Patches in 1970 (U.S. # 4 ), UK # 2