James Carr
USA
Born: 13 June 1942
Died: 07 January 2001
Genres: R&B
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Country Soul, Southern Soul, Deep Soul
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One of the greatest pure vocalists that deep Southern soul ever produced, James Carr is often mentioned in the same breath as Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, and Aretha Franklin in terms of the wrenching emotional power in his delivery. Or at least he is by hardcore soul aficionados; despite producing several classic R&B singles and some of the most intense country-soul ever waxed, Carr never achieved the pop crossover success that could have made him a household name, and his material wasn't always as distinctive as that of Stax artists like Reddi...
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