This is me

Eurovision songs from the first contest in 1959 upto the date of the CDs release in 1997.

Clarence Carter - This Is Clarence Carter & The Dynamic Clarence Carter (2016) {Kent Records CDKEND 444 rec 1968-69}
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© 1967-69, 2016 Atlantic / Fame Records / Kent Records / Ace Records | CDKEND 444
Rhythm & Blues / Soul / Southern Soul / Deep Soul

In early 1967 Rick Hall’s Fame set-up was missing a vital ingredient. Despite all the success he had achieved as a producer, studio-owner, publisher and record label boss, he had yet to sign an enduring artist. That was about to change. The previous year a duo who recorded as Clarence & Calvin hired the studio to cut a self-financed single. They had been working together for five years and had just left a deal with Houston-based Duke Records. As he watched them, Hall thought he had found his stars and urged them to come back and sign with him. When the day came, only Clarence Carter appeared. At first, Hall was dismissive of the singer’s pleas to be signed as a solo act but eventually relented and gave him a go.

Together with Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and then Ballard’s replacement, Cindy Birdsong, Diana Ross helped sculpt The Sound Of Young America. By 1967 she’d been singled out as the trio’s leader, despite the fact her vocal delivery was not the most soulful, powerful or even beautiful of the three. But with the batting of her heavily mascara-ed eyelashes and coy poise, Ross attracted the pop crowd and, more importantly at Motown, label boss Berry Gordy.

Sweet soulful sounds from the golden age – as adored in the clubs and classic automobiles of Southern California.