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  2. Clarence George Carter (born January 14, 1936) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His most successful songs include " Slip Away ", " Back Door Santa " (both released 1968), " Patches " (1970) and " Strokin' " (1986).

  3. WARD: By 1970, Clarence Carter had done a lot to put FAME on the map. It helped give Duane Allman a contract with Atlantic and had married his longtime girlfriend and sometime co-writer Candi ...

  4. Carter's influence on pop and soul predates his best-known hit, "Patches," and is still felt today. Rock historian Ed Ward revisits the early career and the lasting impact of the expert songwriter.

  5. For all his links to the past, this spirit marks Clarence Carter as a genuinely modern performer, a link in another chain that stretches from streetcorner dozens players to the rappers of today. Those links began to be forged in Montgomery, Alabama, where Carter was born on January 4, 1936.

  6. Jan 14, 2022 · Composer, lyricist, blues singer Clarence George Carter was born blind on January 14, 1936, in Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and began guitar lessons when he was 9. Carter graduated from high school in 1954.

  7. Feb 25, 2016 · Clarence Carter first took an interest in music when he was nine. So when Christmas came, Clarence’s grandmother gave him a guitar. It turned out that Clarence was a natural, and when he left high school, he headed to Alabama State University. In 1960, Clarence Carter graduated from Alabama State University a degree in music. It was then that ...

  8. In the days before Steal Away made Clarence Carter a well-known soul man, he recorded as one half of Clarence & Calvin. The duo’s first release was I Wanna Dance But I Don’t Know How on the tiny Fairlane label in 1961.