Born to a Baptist preacher's family
in Coahoma, Mississippi, Carr began
singing in church and was performing in gospel
groups and making tables on an assembly line in Memphis, Tennessee, when he began recording in the mid-'60s
for Goldwax
Records, a small Memphis based label.
Carr first made the R&B charts in 1966 with "You've Got My Mind
Messed Up", followed by his most famous song "The Dark End of the Street",
written by Dan Penn and Chips
Moman. Carr continued to record for Goldwax until the label closed
in 1969 but failed to reach the same heights with his subsequent
releases.
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