Clarence Carter — the Southern soul pioneer behind hits like “Patches” and “Strokin’” — has died. He was 90. The legendary singer and producer died Wednesday night in hospice near Atlanta, Georgia, ...

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.

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 ...

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

Blind from the age of 1, Carter's envelope-pushing music won a Grammy and later found new life in Eddie Murphy's remake of ...

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

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 ...