Clarence Carter - Testifyin' (1969)

Clarence Carter is an American soul singer, songwrtier and guitarist.

Album number three from Clarence Carter quickly followed in the footsteps of his last one, also seeing release in 1969. Testifyin' was another showcase for the Muscle Shoals R&B sound and Carter's sly wit, the latter seen nowhere better than on "Back Door Santa", a Christmas song which had little to do with Christmas. The album generated three more Top 10 R&B hits for Carter - "Doing Our Thing" and "The Feeling Is Right" both got to #9, and "Snatching It Back" got to both #4 R&B and #31 pop. Another notable song was "Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street)", which saw him give a lengthy soul sermon before breaking into his own  powerful rendition of "The Dark End Of The Street". The album also featured covers of John D. Loudermilk's "Bad News" and The Box Tops' "Soul Deep".

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