Clarence Carter

E936359

guitarist human songwriter soul singer

Clarence Carter is an American soul singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his gritty vocals and hits like "Slip Away" and "Patches."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Clarence Carter canonical	24
Clarence Carter Jr.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11603561 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clarence Carter
Context triple: [FAME Studios, recordedWithArtist, Clarence Carter]

A. Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
B. Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford was an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader known for his soulful blend of jazz, blues, and R&B, particularly through his work with Ray Charles and his own influential recordings.
C. Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson was an influential American blues and rock and roll pianist best known for his long-time collaboration with Chuck Berry.
D. Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley was an American country music singer-songwriter known for his string of 1980s hits and his influential role in the neotraditional country movement.
E. Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful tone and influential work in hard bop and soul jazz.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clarence Carter
Target entity description: Clarence Carter is an American soul singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his gritty vocals and hits like "Slip Away" and "Patches."

A. Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
B. Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford was an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader known for his soulful blend of jazz, blues, and R&B, particularly through his work with Ray Charles and his own influential recordings.
C. Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson was an influential American blues and rock and roll pianist best known for his long-time collaboration with Chuck Berry.
D. Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley was an American country music singer-songwriter known for his string of 1980s hits and his influential role in the neotraditional country movement.
E. Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful tone and influential work in hard bop and soul jazz.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul singer ⓘ
associatedPlace	Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States ⓘ linked to: Muscle Shoals, Alabama
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-01-14 ⓘ
disability	blindness ⓘ
education	Alabama State College for Negroes ⓘ linked to: Alabama State University
ethnicity	African-American ⓘ
familyName	Carter ⓘ
genre	rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ
givenName	Clarence ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ
name	Clarence Carter ⓘ
notableAward	Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (for "Patches", songwriter) ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
notableWork	Patches ⓘ Slip Away ⓘ Strokin' ⓘ Too Weak to Fight ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Montgomery, Alabama, United States ⓘ linked to: Montgomery, Alabama
recordLabel	Atlantic Records ⓘ Fame Records ⓘ linked to: FAME Records
startTimeOfCareer	1960s ⓘ
vocalStyle	gritty vocals ⓘ