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Re: R.I.P. Clarence Carter

belfast

R.I.P. Clarence Carter
May 14, 2026 08:26AM

Registered: 3 years ago
Posts: 445

Southern soul singer and producer who recorded a string of memorable singles, some quite raunchy. (The 21-track CD Snatching it Back: The Best of Clarence Carter is highly recommended.)

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Michael Toland

Re: R.I.P. Clarence Carter
May 14, 2026 09:27AM

Registered: 22 years ago
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I must admit - I had assumed he was long dead. He hadn't made a record in 15 years, but he made it to the age of 90. Good for him. RIP.

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zwirnm

Re: R.I.P. Clarence Carter
May 14, 2026 09:37AM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 849

I didn't know he was still around either, I recall he was always seen as the "dirty old man" of R&B. He must have an old man when he released some of his better-known songs. I remember "Strokin'" and its salacious, not-even-double entendres, and that was 1986 — forty years ago! He was a fifty-year-old even then!

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belfast

Re: R.I.P. Clarence Carter
May 14, 2026 09:41AM

Registered: 3 years ago
Posts: 445

I busted out laughing when I saw this old Onion headline:

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zwirnm

Re: R.I.P. Clarence Carter
May 14, 2026 09:50AM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 849

oh my

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MrFab

Re: R.I.P. Clarence Carter
May 14, 2026 10:09AM

Registered: 22 years ago
Posts: 3,265

Don’t forget run DMC sampling “backdoor Santa“ for “Christmas in Hollis“!