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.

In the mid-1960s, Clarence & Calvin started recording with producer Rick Hall at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After Scott was injured in a car accident, Carter launched a solo ...

In songs like “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa,” he performed with the fervor of a backwoods preacher and the bawdy humor of a juke joint.

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Clarence Carter, the blues and soul singer famous for songs including the raunchy hit “Strokin’” featured in Eddie Murphy’s “The Nutty Professor,” has died. Fame Recording Studios in Carter’s native ...