I'll set the stage. Back in the day when I was in the military (Jacksonville, NC), one of the strip joints I would go to played this song almost non-stop. There ya go!
You were talking about the word " Strokin "...We used that word a lot back in the day when we were talking about sex. Lol...Watching your face during this video was priceless.
A very entertaining reaction 🤭🤐🤫😵🤯! Strokin' is a song off of Clarence Carter's 1986 album: Mr CC. The song wasn't released as a single in the US due to its raunchy lyrics but it was placed in jukeboxes in bars all across America. It was written and produced by Clarence Carter. The song didn't chart in the US but did chart in Australia (#24) and in the UK (#82). No info on the music video is available. Clarence Carter is best known for his 1970 hit song: "Patches", where his bold voice and spoken word interludes told the story of a young who inherited the burden of caring for his family after his father died. He took these same vocal elements and turned them into the song: "Strokin'", a ribald song that finds him asking the kind of questions Howard Stern uses to query his guests. The song is blatantly sexual, and Clarence Carter never made a clean radio edit (we're not sure what that would sound like), so it never got any significant radio airplay, and although it did have a video, MTV wouldn't touch it. Since the song was not fit for broad public consumption, Clarence Carter and his record label, a small Atlanta based outfit called Ichiban Records (run by Blues And Soul magazine editor John Abbey), came up with an unorthodox plan. They produced singles, but instead of marketing them to stores or radio, they placed them in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song and wore out the grooves. DJs started playing the song at weddings. Strip clubs put it in hot rotation. "Strokin'" became a minor sensation and helped his album: Dr CC, sell about 150,000 copies. Clarence Carter also became a popular live draw, with the song serving as his showstopper. "Strokin'" was based on a 1981 song that Clarence Carter recorded called: "Love Building", where over a similar groove, he sings about "workin'". "Love Building", got a great response when he played it live, and Clarence Carter started improvising the "I'm strokin'" line, which went over well with audience members who recognized it as a term for sex. When he was working on his Dr CC album, he decided to rework "Love Building" as "Strokin'". The song was sampled by Black Star for their song: Hater Players (1998). The song has been featured in two films 📽: The Nutty Professor (1996) and Killer Joe (2011). The song has been covered by three artists 📻: Insane Clown Posse (1995), Grandmaster Slice (1999) and Big Al Carson (2002). Clarence Carter Info 📰: Clarence Carter was born on January 14, 1936 in Montgomery, Alabama. He went blind at one year of age. He is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer. His most successful songs include: "Slip Away" (1968), "Back Door Santa" (1968), "Too Weak to Fight" (1968), "Snatching It Back" (1969), "Patches" (1970), "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone" (1970) and "Strokin" (1986). Clarence Carter grew up in Alabama listening to Blues singers like John Lee Hooker and Washboard Sam, guys who found many different ways to sing about sex. Clarence Carter attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and Alabama State University in Montgomery, graduating in August 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in music. His professional music career began with friend Calvin Scott, signing to the Fairlane Records record label to release: "I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How", as Clarence & Calvin, in 1961. After the 1962 release of the single: "I Don't Know (School Girl)", the pair joined Duke Records, renaming themselves as the C & C Boys and releasing four singles for the record label, though none were commercially successful. In 1965, the duo recorded the song: "Step By Step", at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals; it was released on the Atlantic Records' subsidiary Atco Records record label, but it also failed to chart. The duo performed regularly in clubs in Birmingham, Alabama in 1966. After Calvin Scott was seriously injured in an auto accident, Clarence Carter continued as a solo singer, and recorded for the Fame Records record label. In 1967 he recorded the song: "Tell Daddy", which reached number 35 on the Billboard R&B chart and inspired Etta James' answer record: "Tell Mama", for which Clarence Carter was credited as writer. At the end of 1967, Clarence Carter joined Atlantic Records. He then began a string of hits on the R&B and pop charts, starting with: "Slip Away" (number 2 R&B, number 6 Pop), which has been described as "a superior cheating ballad spotlighting his anguished, massive baritone", and "Too Weak to Fight" (number 3 R&B, number 13 Pop). Both of the preceding Atlantic Records singles were certified Gold (one million copies sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America. At the end of 1968, he had a seasonal Pop hit with the raunchy and funky song: "Back Door Santa" (number 4 Christmas Pop), and toured nationally. His backing singers included Candi Staton; they married in 1970 and produced a son, Clarence Carter Jr, before divorcing in 1973. Clarence Carter continued to have hits in 1969 and 1970, with songs including: "Snatching It Back", "The Feeling Is Right", "Doin' Our Thing" and "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone" all reaching both the US Pop and R&B music charts. The B-side of the single: "Snatching It Back", was a remake of a remake of James Carr's 1967 song: "The Dark End Of The Street", entitled "Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street". Clarence Carter's biggest hit came in 1970 with his version of the song: "Patches", first recorded by Chairmen Of The Board, in 1970, which was a UK number 2 Single chart hit and a US number 4 Pop chart hit. The record sold over one million copies, and received a Gold disc awarded by the RIAA in September 1970, just two months after its release. It also won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1971. Following his songs: "Slip Away" and "Too Weak To Fight", it was Clarence Carter's third million-seller. However, Clarence Carter's later record releases were less successful, and he left Atlantic Records at the end of 1971 to rejoin the Fame Records record label. In 1975 he signed to ABC Records, releasing three albums including: Loneliness & Temptation (1975). According to writer Brian Ward: Clarence Carter "virtually made a career from tales of unbridled love and illicit sex...". With the advent of Disco in the mid-1970s, Clarence Carter's career suffered. After the birth of another son, Herbert Deon Wilkerson in 1981, he signed for Ichiban Records in 1985 and found a new audience with songs including: "Strokin'" and "Dr CC" in the 1980s and 1990s. His song: "Strokin'", was reputedly deemed too ribald for a public release or radio play, so the record company placed the records in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song. "Strokin'" was given further acclaim when it was used in the Eddie Murphy remake of the film: The Nutty Professor, in 1996. It was most recently used in William Friedkin's 2011 film: Killer Joe. Clarence Carter's Soul sound also found an audience within the then-nascent Hip-Hop community. Most notably, the horn break from "Back Door Santa" is sampled in the Run-D.M.C. song: "Christmas in Hollis" (1987). Clarence Carter's later songs continue to appeal to a primarily African-American working-class audience that is also interested in contemporary Blues artists such as Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush, Marvin Sease and Sir Charles Jones. He has continued recording, releasing six albums for the Ichiban Records record label and, since 1996, establishing his own Cee Gee Entertainment record label. In 2023, Clarence Carter has also continued to tour regularly in the Southern states and internationally. *****CONTINUE BELOW*****
Clarence Carter Albums 📀: This Is Clarence Carter (1968) The Dynamic Clarence Carter (1969) Testfyin' (1969) Patches (1970) Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter (1973) Real (1974) Loneliness & Temptation (1975) A Heart Full Of Song (1976) Let's Burn (1980) Mr. Clarence Carter In Person (1981) Love Me With A Feeling (1982) Singing For My Supper (1984) Messin' With My Mind (1985) Mr CC (1986) Hooked On Love (1987) Touch Of Blues (1989) Between A Rock And A Hard Place (1990) Have You Met Clarence Carter...Yet? (1992) I Couldn't Refuse (1995) Carter Corner (1996) Bring It To Me (1999) Sing Along With Clarence Carter (2011) Some more good songs by Clarence Carter 🎶: Patches, Too Weak To Fight, Slip Away, I'm Not Just Good I'm The Best, Funky Fever, Back Door Santa, Thread The Needle, Looking For A Fox, Doctor CC, Snatching It Back, The Court Room, Doin' Our Thing, I Can't Leave Your Love Alone, The Feeling Is Right, Bad News, I Smell A Rat, You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure, Instant Reaction, Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street), The Feeling Is Right, I Can't Do Without You, Soul Deep, It's All In Your Mind, I'm The Midnight Special, I Got Caught, Slipped Tripped And Fell In Love, Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear), Do What You Gotta Do, Slippin' Around, I'm Qualified, Wind It Up, I Can't See Myself, Part Time Love, Grandpa Can't Fly His Kite, She Ain't Gonna Do Right, Set Me Free, Take It Off Him And Put It on Me, Back In Your Arms, I've Got A Thing For You Baby, Put On Your Shoes And Walk, I'd Rather Go Blind, Next To You, Think About It, Kiss You All Over, The Road Of Love, You've Been A Long Time Comin', Light My Fire, That Old Time Feeling, Love's Trying To Come To You, Wake-Up To Love, Steal Away, Real, On Your Way Down, Jimmy's Disco, Warning, Everything Comes Up Rosey, Fine Love, Shaky At Home, Let Me Comfort You, Look What I Got, Weekend Love, Sixty Minute Man, Let It Be, All Night All Day, She's Out To Get Me, Rock Me Baby, Stormy Monday Blues, It's A Man Down There, Why Do I Stay Here (And Take This Sh!t From You), Try Me, Wrong Too Long, Fighting To Keep My Head Above Water, Girl From Soweto, Willie And Laura Mae Jones, I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin'), Say Man, I'm Between A Rock And A Hard Place, Your Love Lifted Me, Till I Can't Take It Anymore, Changes, Getting The Bills (But No Merchandise), Trying To Sleep Tonight, CC Blues, A Very Special Love Song, Heartbreak Woman, Let's Burn, I Love You, Run Out Of Time, It Was So Nice While It Lasted, And They Say Don't Worry, If You See My Lady, Too Weak To Fight, Let's Get A Quickie, I've Got A Thing For You Baby, Cheater, Love Building, Pickin' 'Em Up Layin' 'Em Down, I Got Another Woman, Take It All Off, Love Me With A Feeling, Glad To See You Walking In, Let's Live For Ourselves, Another Night, Hot Dog, Come Back Baby, "G" Spot, It's A Monster Thang, Dance To The Blues, I Stayed Away Too Long, If You Let Me Take You Home, We Are A Good Act Together, Step By Step, Left Over Love, Those Were The Good Old Days, Use Me Anyway You Can, Don't Bother Me, All Messed Up, If I Stay, Dear Abby, I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How, In Person, Sweet Feeling, Let's Funk, It's Too Late, You Been Cheatin' On Me, Jenning's Alley, Can We Slip Away Again?, Mama Used To Sing The Blues, Try A Piece Of My Love, Did You Bring It All Back, Fast Young Lady, Heart Full Of Songs, Let Me Be The Other Man, What'd I Say, Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained, I Don't Know (School Girl), So You're Leaving Me?, Harper Valley P.T.A., I Can't See Myself, Hot Stuff, Mother-In-Law and Tell Daddy. Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: Clarence Carter's song: "Slip Away", is featured in the 2011 video game 🎮: Mafia III.
I didn’t get in trouble in the park. I was on the football and wrestling team. So I ain’t gonna get in trouble. My hometown is like the movie “Varsity Blues”
Clarence was always entertaining...You will love his song " Patches "...He still performs sometimes...He is 87 years old now.
One of my favourite songs.
Yes indeed...An awesome song.@@kiwihib
This song went #2 in New Zealand and hit #1 on the Canadian Dance Charts back in 1988
Girl we were cuttin up with this song on the dance floor!! Clarence was something else!’❤❤❤❤
I'll set the stage. Back in the day when I was in the military (Jacksonville, NC), one of the strip joints I would go to played this song almost non-stop. There ya go!
The expressions on your face are PRICELESS!! I swear I could hear you thinkin' "Dis man needs JEEEEZUS!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I forgot to mention...He is blind, in case you did not notice.
You were talking about the word " Strokin "...We used that word a lot back in the day when we were talking about sex. Lol...Watching your face during this video was priceless.
Your face is amazing ❤
👍🏼 women love this song
A very entertaining reaction 🤭🤐🤫😵🤯! Strokin' is a song off of Clarence Carter's 1986 album: Mr CC. The song wasn't released as a single in the US due to its raunchy lyrics but it was placed in jukeboxes in bars all across America. It was written and produced by Clarence Carter. The song didn't chart in the US but did chart in Australia (#24) and in the UK (#82). No info on the music video is available.
Clarence Carter is best known for his 1970 hit song: "Patches", where his bold voice and spoken word interludes told the story of a young who inherited the burden of caring for his family after his father died. He took these same vocal elements and turned them into the song: "Strokin'", a ribald song that finds him asking the kind of questions Howard Stern uses to query his guests. The song is blatantly sexual, and Clarence Carter never made a clean radio edit (we're not sure what that would sound like), so it never got any significant radio airplay, and although it did have a video, MTV wouldn't touch it.
Since the song was not fit for broad public consumption, Clarence Carter and his record label, a small Atlanta based outfit called Ichiban Records (run by Blues And Soul magazine editor John Abbey), came up with an unorthodox plan. They produced singles, but instead of marketing them to stores or radio, they placed them in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song and wore out the grooves. DJs started playing the song at weddings. Strip clubs put it in hot rotation. "Strokin'" became a minor sensation and helped his album: Dr CC, sell about 150,000 copies. Clarence Carter also became a popular live draw, with the song serving as his showstopper.
"Strokin'" was based on a 1981 song that Clarence Carter recorded called: "Love Building", where over a similar groove, he sings about "workin'". "Love Building", got a great response when he played it live, and Clarence Carter started improvising the "I'm strokin'" line, which went over well with audience members who recognized it as a term for sex. When he was working on his Dr CC album, he decided to rework "Love Building" as "Strokin'".
The song was sampled by Black Star for their song: Hater Players (1998).
The song has been featured in two films 📽: The Nutty Professor (1996) and Killer Joe (2011).
The song has been covered by three artists 📻: Insane Clown Posse (1995), Grandmaster Slice (1999) and Big Al Carson (2002).
Clarence Carter Info 📰:
Clarence Carter was born on January 14, 1936 in Montgomery, Alabama. He went blind at one year of age. He is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer. His most successful songs include: "Slip Away" (1968), "Back Door Santa" (1968), "Too Weak to Fight" (1968), "Snatching It Back" (1969), "Patches" (1970), "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone" (1970) and "Strokin" (1986). Clarence Carter grew up in Alabama listening to Blues singers like John Lee Hooker and Washboard Sam, guys who found many different ways to sing about sex. Clarence Carter attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and Alabama State University in Montgomery, graduating in August 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in music.
His professional music career began with friend Calvin Scott, signing to the Fairlane Records record label to release: "I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How", as Clarence & Calvin, in 1961. After the 1962 release of the single: "I Don't Know (School Girl)", the pair joined Duke Records, renaming themselves as the C & C Boys and releasing four singles for the record label, though none were commercially successful. In 1965, the duo recorded the song: "Step By Step", at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals; it was released on the Atlantic Records' subsidiary Atco Records record label, but it also failed to chart.
The duo performed regularly in clubs in Birmingham, Alabama in 1966. After Calvin Scott was seriously injured in an auto accident, Clarence Carter continued as a solo singer, and recorded for the Fame Records record label. In 1967 he recorded the song: "Tell Daddy", which reached number 35 on the Billboard R&B chart and inspired Etta James' answer record: "Tell Mama", for which Clarence Carter was credited as writer.
At the end of 1967, Clarence Carter joined Atlantic Records. He then began a string of hits on the R&B and pop charts, starting with: "Slip Away" (number 2 R&B, number 6 Pop), which has been described as "a superior cheating ballad spotlighting his anguished, massive baritone", and "Too Weak to Fight" (number 3 R&B, number 13 Pop). Both of the preceding Atlantic Records singles were certified Gold (one million copies sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America. At the end of 1968, he had a seasonal Pop hit with the raunchy and funky song: "Back Door Santa" (number 4 Christmas Pop), and toured nationally. His backing singers included Candi Staton; they married in 1970 and produced a son, Clarence Carter Jr, before divorcing in 1973.
Clarence Carter continued to have hits in 1969 and 1970, with songs including: "Snatching It Back", "The Feeling Is Right", "Doin' Our Thing" and "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone" all reaching both the US Pop and R&B music charts. The B-side of the single: "Snatching It Back", was a remake of a remake of James Carr's 1967 song: "The Dark End Of The Street", entitled "Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street".
Clarence Carter's biggest hit came in 1970 with his version of the song: "Patches", first recorded by Chairmen Of The Board, in 1970, which was a UK number 2 Single chart hit and a US number 4 Pop chart hit. The record sold over one million copies, and received a Gold disc awarded by the RIAA in September 1970, just two months after its release. It also won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1971. Following his songs: "Slip Away" and "Too Weak To Fight", it was Clarence Carter's third million-seller. However, Clarence Carter's later record releases were less successful, and he left Atlantic Records at the end of 1971 to rejoin the Fame Records record label.
In 1975 he signed to ABC Records, releasing three albums including: Loneliness & Temptation (1975). According to writer Brian Ward: Clarence Carter "virtually made a career from tales of unbridled love and illicit sex...". With the advent of Disco in the mid-1970s, Clarence Carter's career suffered. After the birth of another son, Herbert Deon Wilkerson in 1981, he signed for Ichiban Records in 1985 and found a new audience with songs including: "Strokin'" and "Dr CC" in the 1980s and 1990s.
His song: "Strokin'", was reputedly deemed too ribald for a public release or radio play, so the record company placed the records in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song. "Strokin'" was given further acclaim when it was used in the Eddie Murphy remake of the film: The Nutty Professor, in 1996. It was most recently used in William Friedkin's 2011 film: Killer Joe.
Clarence Carter's Soul sound also found an audience within the then-nascent Hip-Hop community. Most notably, the horn break from "Back Door Santa" is sampled in the Run-D.M.C. song: "Christmas in Hollis" (1987).
Clarence Carter's later songs continue to appeal to a primarily African-American working-class audience that is also interested in contemporary Blues artists such as Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush, Marvin Sease and Sir Charles Jones. He has continued recording, releasing six albums for the Ichiban Records record label and, since 1996, establishing his own Cee Gee Entertainment record label.
In 2023, Clarence Carter has also continued to tour regularly in the Southern states and internationally.
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Clarence Carter Albums 📀:
This Is Clarence Carter (1968)
The Dynamic Clarence Carter (1969)
Testfyin' (1969)
Patches (1970)
Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter (1973)
Real (1974)
Loneliness & Temptation (1975)
A Heart Full Of Song (1976)
Let's Burn (1980)
Mr. Clarence Carter In Person (1981)
Love Me With A Feeling (1982)
Singing For My Supper (1984)
Messin' With My Mind (1985)
Mr CC (1986)
Hooked On Love (1987)
Touch Of Blues (1989)
Between A Rock And A Hard Place (1990)
Have You Met Clarence Carter...Yet? (1992)
I Couldn't Refuse (1995)
Carter Corner (1996)
Bring It To Me (1999)
Sing Along With Clarence Carter (2011)
Some more good songs by Clarence Carter 🎶: Patches, Too Weak To Fight, Slip Away, I'm Not Just Good I'm The Best, Funky Fever, Back Door Santa, Thread The Needle, Looking For A Fox, Doctor CC, Snatching It Back, The Court Room, Doin' Our Thing, I Can't Leave Your Love Alone, The Feeling Is Right, Bad News, I Smell A Rat, You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure, Instant Reaction, Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street), The Feeling Is Right, I Can't Do Without You, Soul Deep, It's All In Your Mind, I'm The Midnight Special, I Got Caught, Slipped Tripped And Fell In Love, Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear), Do What You Gotta Do, Slippin' Around, I'm Qualified, Wind It Up, I Can't See Myself, Part Time Love, Grandpa Can't Fly His Kite, She Ain't Gonna Do Right, Set Me Free, Take It Off Him And Put It on Me, Back In Your Arms, I've Got A Thing For You Baby, Put On Your Shoes And Walk, I'd Rather Go Blind, Next To You, Think About It, Kiss You All Over, The Road Of Love, You've Been A Long Time Comin', Light My Fire, That Old Time Feeling, Love's Trying To Come To You, Wake-Up To Love, Steal Away, Real, On Your Way Down, Jimmy's Disco, Warning, Everything Comes Up Rosey, Fine Love, Shaky At Home, Let Me Comfort You, Look What I Got, Weekend Love, Sixty Minute Man, Let It Be, All Night All Day, She's Out To Get Me, Rock Me Baby, Stormy Monday Blues, It's A Man Down There, Why Do I Stay Here (And Take This Sh!t From You), Try Me, Wrong Too Long, Fighting To Keep My Head Above Water, Girl From Soweto, Willie And Laura Mae Jones, I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin'), Say Man, I'm Between A Rock And A Hard Place, Your Love Lifted Me, Till I Can't Take It Anymore, Changes, Getting The Bills (But No Merchandise), Trying To Sleep Tonight, CC Blues, A Very Special Love Song, Heartbreak Woman, Let's Burn, I Love You, Run Out Of Time, It Was So Nice While It Lasted, And They Say Don't Worry, If You See My Lady, Too Weak To Fight, Let's Get A Quickie, I've Got A Thing For You Baby, Cheater, Love Building, Pickin' 'Em Up Layin' 'Em Down, I Got Another Woman, Take It All Off, Love Me With A Feeling, Glad To See You Walking In, Let's Live For Ourselves, Another Night, Hot Dog, Come Back Baby, "G" Spot, It's A Monster Thang, Dance To The Blues, I Stayed Away Too Long, If You Let Me Take You Home, We Are A Good Act Together, Step By Step, Left Over Love, Those Were The Good Old Days, Use Me Anyway You Can, Don't Bother Me, All Messed Up, If I Stay, Dear Abby, I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How, In Person, Sweet Feeling, Let's Funk, It's Too Late, You Been Cheatin' On Me, Jenning's Alley, Can We Slip Away Again?, Mama Used To Sing The Blues, Try A Piece Of My Love, Did You Bring It All Back, Fast Young Lady, Heart Full Of Songs, Let Me Be The Other Man, What'd I Say, Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained, I Don't Know (School Girl), So You're Leaving Me?, Harper Valley P.T.A., I Can't See Myself, Hot Stuff, Mother-In-Law and Tell Daddy.
Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: Clarence Carter's song: "Slip Away", is featured in the 2011 video game 🎮: Mafia III.
You should listen to his song called ( Patches )
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LOL I CAN DIG IT!!!! BUT YOUR REACTION GOT ME DYING!!!!
The song has been used in dance competitions… th-cam.com/video/l5JlgfFJVis/w-d-xo.html
One of the times in 2011, humorous and worth the watch.
😂 this is one I suggested awhile back. Please do “I Gotcha “ by Joe Tex
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I didn’t get in trouble in the park. I was on the football and wrestling team. So I ain’t gonna get in trouble. My hometown is like the movie “Varsity Blues”
Hey, Sheray.
I recommend screamin Jay Hawkins album black music for white people it's fantastic
If you think Clarence Carter- Strokin’ is wild. Check out Marvin Sease- Candy Licker.
Come people you can't wait to go to bed with your partner after you hear this beautiful song and don't lie be honest ❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Lol. What, and HOW did you find out about this song?? He's Blind too