Clarence Carter, the Grammy-nominated blues and soul singer known for the raunchy hit 'Strokin',' which was featured in Eddie Murphy's "The Nutty Professor," has died. He was 90.

Clarence Carter death: ‘Strokin’ singer dies at 90 - Hitmaker was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer before his death ...

Carter was a self-taught guitarist who was born blind in Montgomery, Alabama.

On Thursday, May 14, Rodney Hall, president of FAME Studios, where he recorded many of his hits confirmed the news of his death to PEOPLE "He was far more than an artist to us. He was family," he ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Carter, the blues and soul musician and singer-songwriter with the raspy, emotional vocals whose hits included the sentimental “Patches” and the salacious “Strokin,’” has died ...

Blind from age one, the Alabama-born artist taught himself how to play the guitar as a child. Soul musician Clarence ...

The blind soul singer-songwriter hit No. 4 in 1970 with the plaintive, sentimental hit "Patches." ...