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Clarence Carter
Blind since birth in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 14, 1936, Clarence Carter
achieved success in the 1960s with a driving rhythm and blues sound and clever
lyrics. He has had top ten hits with several singles including the Grammy
Award-nominated "Patches" in 1970 and "I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart" in
1969 and a raft of albums from This Is Clarence Carter in 1968 to Mr. Old School
in 2020. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in music from Alabama
State College having attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega in
his home State. He performed with f...
