Clarence Carter - Snatching It Back | Soul Sunday

Опубликовано 25 января 2026, 15:00

Born blind in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1936 but determined to have a career in music, singer/songwriter/guitarist *Clarence Carter* began by forming a teen-aged duo with Calvin Scott. The two played for years under multiple names and recorded unsuccessfully for regional labels until a car wreck left Scott badly hurt. Carter went solo in 1966. In 1967, signed to Fame, he charted with “Tell Daddy,” a song of his that inspired Etta James’s subsequent retort, “Tell Mama” (for which Carter got writing credit). Later that year he changed labels to Atlantic, maintaining his relationship with Fame and its crack session musicians and generating a string of hits that began with “Slip Away,” continued with “Too Weak To Fight,” and established him as a master baritone balladeer of unquenchable desire. He lightened up in 1968 with seasonal hit “Back Door Santa,” an entendre-laden exercise in fun and funk, before returning to his cheating heart groove with “Snatching It Back,” “The Feeling Is Right,” “Doin’ Our Thing,” and “I Can’t Leave your Love Alone.” His 1970 cover of “Patches,” a musical melodrama originally cut by the Chairmen of the Board, was Carter’s biggest success, earning a gold record and winning a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1971. His status sagged during the disco era but he regained traction in 1985 when he signed with Ichiban Records and brought out “Strokin’,” a lubricious raunchfest that gained him a new generation of fans when that number was included in the soundtrack for the very popular Eddie Murphy comedy The Nutty Professor. “Strokin’” also went cinematic in a scene of the film Killer Joe. Though about to enter his 90s, Clarence Carter still treads the boards around the South and abroad, singing of the eternal flames of love and lust. - Michael Dolan

Clarence Carter - Snatching It Back
Album: Testifyin'
Released in 1969 by Atlantic Records

_Written By_ Clarence Carter, George Jackson

_Performed By_

Guitar: Albert Lowe
Organ: Barry Beckett
Guitar: Clarence Carter
Piano: Clayton Ivey
Bass Guitar: David Hood
Drums: Freeman Brown
Trumpet: Gene Miller
Trumpet: Harrison Calloway, Jr.
Bass Guitar: Jesse Boyce
Guitar: Jimmy Johnson
Tenor Saxophone: Joe Arnold
Producer: Rick Hall
Drums: Roger Hawkins
Saxophone: Ronnie Eades
Tenor Saxophone: Varnell Arnold

_Produced by_ Rick Hall

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