James Carr

Real Name:
James Carr
Profile:
Rhythm & Blues - soul singer

Born on 13.06.1942 in Coahoma, Mississippi.
Died on 07.01.2001 in a nursing home in Memphis, Tennessee, of lung cancer.

Born to a Baptist preacher's family, he began singing in church, 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.
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 Records until the label closed in 1969 but failed to reach the same heights with his subsequent releases.
Carr suffered from bipolar disorder for most of his life which affected his career.
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A Man Needs A Woman

(6 versions)
Goldwax Records 1968

You Got My Mind Messed Up

(5 versions)
Goldwax Records 1968

A Man Needs A Woman

(LP)
Bell Records 1968

Take Me To The Limit

(CD, Album)
Ace 1991

Singles & EPs

Only Fools Run Away

(2 versions)
Goldwax Records 1964

She's Better Than You / Talk Talk

(7", Promo)
Goldwax Records 1965

Love Attack / Coming Back To Me Baby

(2 versions)
Stateside 1966

Pouring Water On A Drowning Man / Forgetting You

(2 versions)
Goldwax Records 1966

You've Got My Mind Messed Up / That's What I Want To Know

(7")
Goldwax Records 1966

Let It Happen / A Losing Game

(7")
Goldwax Records 1967

The Dark End Of The Street / Lovable Girl

(7", Single)
Goldwax Records 1967

A Man Needs A Woman / Stronger Than Love

(3 versions)
Goldwax Records 1968

Life Turned Her That Way / A Message To Young Lovers

(7")
Goldwax Records 1968

I'm A Fool For You

(7")
Goldwax Records 1968

Freedom Train / That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me

(2 versions)
Goldwax Records 1969

Everybody Needs Somebody / Row, Row Your Boat

(2 versions)
Goldwax Records 1969

Sunshine Bus / Sweet Jane

(7", Promo)
Capitol Records 1969

To Love Somebody / These Ain't Raindrops

(7")
Goldwax Records 1969

Hold On / I'll Put It To You

(7", Promo)
Atlantic 1971

Freedom Train / That's What I Want To Know

(7", Single)
Mojo 1972

Compilations

At The Dark End Of The Street

(LP, Comp)
Upside Records, Inc., Blue Side 1987

The Essential James Carr

(2 versions)
Razor & Tie 1995

The Complete Goldwax Singles

(CD, Comp)
Kent Records 2001

My Soul Is Satisfied - The Rest Of James Carr

(CD, Comp)
Kent Records 2004

In Muscle Shoals

(7", Comp, EP)
Kent Records 2011

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