The singer of the greatest song of all-time has stroked it for the last time...
Clarence Carter, the blind Southern soul star whose songs were often as emotionally profound as they were delightfully bawdy, died Thursday, May 14. He was 90.
Rodney Hall, president of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Carter frequently recorded, confirmed the news to Rolling Stone after speaking with the family of Candi Staton, the singer and Carter's ex-wife. A spokesperson for Staton said Carter was recently diagnosed with 4 prostate cancer diagnosis, and was also battling pneumonia and sepsis.
Clarence Carter, the blind Southern soul star whose songs were often as emotionally profound as they were delightfully bawdy, died Thursday, May 14. He was 90.
Rodney Hall, president of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Carter frequently recorded, confirmed the news to Rolling Stone after speaking with the family of Candi Staton, the singer and Carter's ex-wife. A spokesperson for Staton said Carter was recently diagnosed with 4 prostate cancer diagnosis, and was also battling pneumonia and sepsis.
