Soul’s Forgotten Superstar
ne of soul’s finest singers is ironically one of its least-known. Born in 1942, James Carr grew up in Memphis, with the entrepreneurial producer, Quinton Claunch. His follow-up, , became an instant classic, covered by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Linda Ronstadt – none of whom ever rose to the heights of Carr’s raw emotion, overwhelming power and earth-shaking performance.
