Clarence Carter - Strokin'

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • Clarence Carter performs at the Shoals Theater

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  • @cawilson5357
    @cawilson5357 Год назад +10

    At 66 still cant get enough of this song. Listened at least a thousand times. LOVE IT.

  • @mjtwelve
    @mjtwelve 4 года назад +65

    I remember hearing this song when I was like 13 after having my first alcohol infused mudslide at a tropical resort in the Grand Caymans, like "wtf is this?" and watching all these adults get lose on the dance floor and thinking "this is inappropriate"... Oh how innocent..... haha

  • @jammck1399
    @jammck1399 5 месяцев назад +3

    1986
    Strokin was on the radio station but then cut some of the expletive content like the record skipped
    Clarence is still living while he still here
    Give the "strokin'man" his flowers.

  • @lamontgconley694
    @lamontgconley694 2 года назад +11

    Clarence Carter won a grammy for his song "Patches"

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 3 года назад +4

    HAPPY 86TH BIRTHDAY CLARENCE CARTER
    (JANUARY 14, 2022)

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 11 лет назад +84

    So awesome that Clarence is still performing.
    Brings a smile to my face to know that a guy who is now 78 is still at it.

    • @DAD_979
      @DAD_979 3 года назад +6

      He be 86 (ish) now. Yeah

    • @albertsims201
      @albertsims201 2 года назад +7

      I am 74 years old and still getting it in!!!!

    • @jamespepper2541
      @jamespepper2541 2 года назад +5

      Keep on getting it and it will keep you young!!! 😀😎

  • @defaultusername123
    @defaultusername123 4 года назад +45

    *Glad to here Strokin' made him some money. BADASS SONG*

  • @darlenehester8145
    @darlenehester8145 3 года назад +33

    He rocking and still stroking🎸🎶🎶🎶

  • @jefferywilliams5878
    @jefferywilliams5878 3 года назад +18

    After seeing aerosmith Molly hatchet van Halen ZZ top Boston the Rolling Stones and several others live I can honestly say this was the best concert I've ever seen. Clarence Carter is definitely the best musician and entertainer I've ever seen. Undisputed.

  • @starseed3203
    @starseed3203 2 года назад +11

    My great grandma played this song in the car my whole childhood

  • @michaeljacobs1281
    @michaeljacobs1281 6 лет назад +43

    Mr carter is one of a kind

  • @stevetessier6568
    @stevetessier6568 5 лет назад +24

    One of The Greatest Heartfelt, Performers, in musical history. Clarence Carter. Is a National Treasure. Why this man, is not a household, name. Has always troubled me greatly. And deeply.

    • @DAD_979
      @DAD_979 3 года назад +1

      I,don’t,know,maybe, it’s, because, he, he stroking wit, his, baby, mama, 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @cadillaccalhoun3516
      @cadillaccalhoun3516 2 года назад +2

      I be stroking ain't exactly a song you can sing at family gatherings

  • @jennyhupp9735
    @jennyhupp9735 4 года назад +27

    This song is amazing. I love singing and dancing to this song. Thank you Clarence Carter for coming up with such a fun song to dance and party to. This song always brings life to any party.

  • @critter7052
    @critter7052 3 года назад +27

    Thanks for posting the legendary Clarence Carter!

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Год назад +4

    Man back in the 80s I remember me and my gal pals would hit the clubs and this song would come on. We would hit the floor and line dance. The guys would be droolin

  • @cheriekauffman-ev9zx
    @cheriekauffman-ev9zx 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love that song I laugh every time I hear him sing it that is the best song

  • @out4lox262
    @out4lox262 10 лет назад +73

    the great Clarence Carter. how could you not love him?

  • @THC15969
    @THC15969 12 лет назад +28

    Yes he is!!!!! I have 2 autographed pics he sent me....He is the reason I play guitar and write music today! TYVVM Doc CC!

    • @heatherlawrence911
      @heatherlawrence911 5 лет назад +5

      It 2020, stroking .Never go out of style. Loving it.♥️

  • @TheElvenKeys
    @TheElvenKeys 2 года назад +6

    my favorite line "the police came and shined his light on me and I said I'm strokin" immediately going into the chorus.
    And in the music video he's all sweaty and looks so proud

  • @joeeoj010
    @joeeoj010 9 лет назад +65

    still strokin it after all these years!

  • @2000busa82
    @2000busa82 12 лет назад +13

    Wow I have heard that song is 19years. I was 11 when I heard that song and still love it.

  • @jordynshepard7111
    @jordynshepard7111 12 лет назад +16

    Didn't even know who this guy was two weeks ago. Now this song has become part of my daily routine.

  • @TRUTHSPEAKS6194
    @TRUTHSPEAKS6194 5 лет назад +28

    I love how at 1:24 - 1:27 he sets it up for his drummer. And those clean guitar chords with a blend of country, soul and blues. He's not all over the place playing sloppy.

  • @henderson7108
    @henderson7108 9 лет назад +37

    this man tells it as it is

    • @jefferywilliams5878
      @jefferywilliams5878 2 года назад

      Clarence Carter Clarence Carter Clarence Carter oooo shit. Stroke it Clarence Carter but don't stroke so fast if my stuff ain't tight enough you stroke up my ooo.

  • @peterward9446
    @peterward9446 2 года назад +1

    *_The Koolest kitty-stroker ... in all of Greater-Americana..._*

  • @Digmen1
    @Digmen1 10 месяцев назад +1

    He is so cool
    Strokin!

  • @Cosmicnexus86
    @Cosmicnexus86 8 месяцев назад +1

    This man is a legend

  • @RobbieKreature
    @RobbieKreature 10 лет назад +35

    some people lose it after a few decades. If we could all be so lucky to age this gracefully and with style.

  • @caseyhenderson7322
    @caseyhenderson7322 9 лет назад +17

    70 people Suck so bad i can't even. Go Clarance Carter!
    Love it!

  • @dedge1959
    @dedge1959 12 лет назад +10

    Love this song takes me back to when the police shinned the light on me!!!! True story. Love some Clarence Carter. Oh they called my Mom but they sure didn't tell her we were Strokin!!!

  • @lemmykilmister9979
    @lemmykilmister9979 8 лет назад +51

    Ole CC is 81yrs old this year(2017) keep on and on Clarence

  • @Dix424USA4
    @Dix424USA4 11 лет назад +52

    I worked with Clarence Carters management label years ago. This man is incredible, his music is real. I'm so happy to see this music here, Strokin' isn't his best, he has a vast CDs. .. ty so much for posting this song. He's still has it xoxoxoxo Clarence

    • @stephenjeffers7503
      @stephenjeffers7503 4 года назад

      I should not ask this... but...did you get to stroke him??

    • @stephenjeffers7503
      @stephenjeffers7503 4 года назад +1

      That question was for Dixie Den...

    • @DAD_979
      @DAD_979 3 года назад

      @@stephenjeffers7503 I did. I stroked him to the East and he stroked me to the west. 👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏽

    • @mikehollingworth2262
      @mikehollingworth2262 2 года назад

      liar

  • @mizzmead8077
    @mizzmead8077 2 года назад +6

    It's been years since I've heard this song, I love it and Clarence Carter is the best

  • @jefferywilliams5878
    @jefferywilliams5878 3 года назад +23

    After growing up in the boondocks and listening to all kinds of music my parents went to Spain for a month. Anyway I was 12 years old so my 18 year old sister was watching over me. So her boyfriend wanted to take her to see somebody called Clarence Carter. My sister knew of him and told her boyfriend that I'd have to come along. He agreed especially as my sister was 5ft.8 inch tall 110 lbs. unknowingly to me was extremely gorgeous. Anyway after getting to the outside concert near Stone Mountain Georgia my sister's boyfriend showed me the finer things of life while my sister wasn't watching. He brought a plastic milk jug a large container of bootleg in his long jean jacket with inside pockets capable of brining lots of the finer things of life along. Long story short the milk jug was to pee in due to the outside concerts bathrooms we're far away. It was pitch dark and he snuck me several sips of bootleg and he had other things that may have been alittle bit illegal to law enforcement. So after he showed me the finer things of life while my sister wasn't watching I ended up getting close enough to Clarence Carter that I could have jumped up on stage. About four feet away from Clarence. I'd never heard his music before this concert, but I knew one thing I was going to get his record the following day.
    The last song was Stroking and everyone in the crowd was yelling STROKING!!!!!!
    Over and over. He acted like he was finished singing the lights even went out on the stage. About a minute went by and then in the pitch dark He started this song Stroking.
    The lights came back on the crowd went crazy beyond anything I'd ever seen. Several girls white black Chinese Spanish were taking their bras off and throwing them on stage. Again, I'm only 12 years old. Several of the girls surrounded me lifting their shirts up. Tittys everywhere. Several girls rubbed their breast on me knowing that I was just a young boy. But after a few rubs my pants starting bulging like a steel rod. The girls knew it and started rubbing their butts all over my Woodrow.
    I'll stop now but I had to tell ya everything so you'd understand why Clarence Carter will always be one of my greatest singer's.
    By the way my sister realized that I'd been drinking and doing other things that may be alittle illegal to law enforcement once when we headed home. I was in the back of my sister's boyfriends 1970 SS 396 Chevrolet Malibu. High performance engine with convertible top fortunately for him. Traveling back home with the top down I tapped his shoulder and pointed to my mouth something he said to do if I was getting sick.
    Anyway after pulling over at a rest stop I started getting rid of everything in my stomach including several inches of my gut,it felt like before we actually stopped the car.
    The next morning my sister came in my bedroom and woke me up and said get up and let's go get your Clarence Carter album.
    On the way my sister said that if I ever mentioned this concert to anyone she'd beat my brains loose.
    So please don't tell anyone about this story,thanks.
    I be stroking.

    • @rhondabailey4344
      @rhondabailey4344 2 года назад +4

      good ole memories

    • @lightmarker3146
      @lightmarker3146 2 года назад +3

      Love it, Clarence would too !

    • @thomaslinz40
      @thomaslinz40 2 года назад +1

      i very nice story you told bout strokin! ;))

    • @josephpusateri4896
      @josephpusateri4896 Год назад

      Who ya crappin??😮

    • @rb3011
      @rb3011 Месяц назад

      That’s one of the raddest nights I’ve ever heard about. Well done!!

  • @francesshelton1358
    @francesshelton1358 3 года назад +9

    My favorite song. I love this.💃💃💃

  • @frankcaruso9296
    @frankcaruso9296 3 года назад +4

    I first heard this song cruising a convertible Ford thunder bird ,loved it every time I drove that t/bird that’s all I played

  • @carolyndevane7998
    @carolyndevane7998 7 лет назад +28

    Lots of memories go with this song!! Clarence Carter....Clarence Carter

    • @ronnieredding4496
      @ronnieredding4496 4 года назад +1

      What kind 🤔😉😎

    • @ForyeaHLM
      @ForyeaHLM 3 года назад

      @@ronnieredding4496 memories of them strokin

  • @YESIMANTON
    @YESIMANTON 11 лет назад +13

    my mom love this song!!!! she goes crazy when I play this song.

  • @fredsmama3262
    @fredsmama3262 11 лет назад +12

    Hearing him live makes me feel like he's singing to ME!!!! I wish.

  • @timjones4342
    @timjones4342 11 лет назад +23

    Loved seeing him sing it. I have done it many times in karaoke contests. That song has won a few of those contests for me. Incredible video.

  • @ritzyful
    @ritzyful 13 лет назад +19

    this song is so funny! Had some good laughs to this song!

  • @anitakirby2964
    @anitakirby2964 3 года назад +4

    Love Evey song Clarence Sang..He had the Best of the Best Hits....

  • @joeleblanc6617
    @joeleblanc6617 11 лет назад +9

    SGT Biddle thanks for the joy!! It was right before we loaded the plane to do another of many tours to Iraq or Afghanistan and we were sitting there in the barracks just in deep thought; He started up his music and had everyone rolling off there beds!! LOL! It was just what we needed.

    • @birdwatcherdee1
      @birdwatcherdee1 10 лет назад +2

      Thank you for your service. You are in our hearts & we love you.....

    • @robertjordan8090
      @robertjordan8090 10 лет назад +1

      Delores Cain

    • @leesire
      @leesire 6 лет назад +1

      Thank you for your service. I salute you brother!

  • @BessiePatterson-um1kn
    @BessiePatterson-um1kn Год назад +1

    Legends has it he still strokin till this day

  • @nate8448
    @nate8448 9 лет назад +25

    You know when you love a song, then you hear it live and its even better?

  • @davidcollins3109
    @davidcollins3109 2 года назад +4

    Love this song memories of my clubbing days

  • @bcb2555
    @bcb2555 Год назад +3

    This guy is a master of music story narration not many have this gift

  • @Rhobdy3365
    @Rhobdy3365 13 лет назад +13

    A real performer, hats off to Clarence

  • @jessebrewer2045
    @jessebrewer2045 5 лет назад +5

    Classic.. There will never be another C.C.

  • @jazzymoni7750
    @jazzymoni7750 11 лет назад +6

    I remember those old school Compilation/ Various Artists Album commercials where the whole commercial was song excerpts with the different songs scrolling up the screen. His was like 5 seconds and all his clip said was "I be STROKIN!" Brings back my childhood.

    • @mrsimpson2062
      @mrsimpson2062 10 лет назад +1

      "I been strokin! That's what I been doing... I been strokin!" I was thinking about the same thing!!! When I was a kid, I would be at my grandma house and those commercials would come on and that clip would just make my day. When he cracked that smile, that did it for me, Lmao.

    • @xKeepTheFaithx
      @xKeepTheFaithx 8 лет назад +1

      Semoine Sykes Yeess I remember those wow lol.

  • @itsmesugarfree
    @itsmesugarfree 13 лет назад +3

    Just saw Clarence Carter... Clarence Carter... Clarence Carter in Dallas, Texas on March 24, 2012. He still Strokin!

  • @patshaw567
    @patshaw567 11 лет назад +11

    love me some Clarence !!!!! lots of great memories goes with his music !

  • @anitakirby2964
    @anitakirby2964 3 года назад +5

    All the above

  • @raywei7263
    @raywei7263 11 лет назад +17

    Still makes me wiggle around at 60 plus. lol Great memories

  • @MrKgbronx12
    @MrKgbronx12 12 лет назад +4

    Chazz got me over here watching Clarence Carter! Jeeez! Lovin it though!

  • @Garret00074
    @Garret00074 9 лет назад +37

    I saw him on a bill with Bobby Bland and BB King...
    What a show!

  • @carolynhicks7366
    @carolynhicks7366 4 года назад +4

    💖💖💖 his music 💖💋

  • @pab1941
    @pab1941 4 года назад +17

    A really great artist not given the accolades he deserved ..

  • @JR-wx2fq
    @JR-wx2fq 6 лет назад +5

    Heard this in church the other day, amazing.

    • @fystigyrl
      @fystigyrl 6 лет назад

      🤣🤣😝😝😝🤷🏾‍♀️

  • @jamesbeachem9932
    @jamesbeachem9932 4 года назад +3

    Clarence carter sings the kind music I love

  • @monmixer
    @monmixer 5 лет назад +8

    wow, i would love to have gotten to see this man live.

  • @THEMOJOMANsince1959
    @THEMOJOMANsince1959 9 лет назад +16

    Bless him anyway still out there doin' it !!!!

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES 10 лет назад +8

    The Clarences love & support Clarence!

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw 12 лет назад +4

    he been going strong since the Mid 60's always been very popular in our community youtube him he have some great songs

  • @ccharliemco
    @ccharliemco 10 лет назад +5

    Seen him perform this song at a night club in-Charlotte.FANTASTIC show!

  • @bonkers5016
    @bonkers5016 4 года назад +5

    I've loved that song forever!

  • @bluesteel5841
    @bluesteel5841 Год назад

    I use to hit clubs in town when there was live bands rock and country, one band played this and the crowd went wild. Good stuff, miss the 80s with bands with instruments that takes so much talent. Dj stuff just ain't the same and rap and hip hop all computer generated sounds, no instruments. Watching guitar players and drummers get into it is fun to watch...

  • @phill903
    @phill903 6 лет назад +5

    Clarence Carter you the man....

  • @ernesttamez743
    @ernesttamez743 7 лет назад +4

    This song takes me back to 1990. A place called Top of the rock, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Thank you, Mr. Carter!

  • @joekerr6874
    @joekerr6874 Год назад

    I only was able to discover this amazing man and this amazing song because of this: here in Spokane, when I was growing uo, the cable TV company here was called Cox Cable. They had a number of rather... unique... channels. One was this local thing where you could call a local number and request a song from a long list. I think it cost 50 cents per song? They added it to the cable bill. Then they'd play the song from the code you dialed. It would then put you in a que until they played your selection. My mother put a $20/month limit on me lol otherwise iI'd go nuts. So much fun. This was about '91 or '92.

  • @lelanialdridge4198
    @lelanialdridge4198 6 лет назад +5

    I love this song. I was young when i first heard it

  • @doctajonz2828
    @doctajonz2828 Год назад

    A buddy and I sang this song at our Senior Grad Night karaoke in high school back in the late 90’s. Classic CC!

  • @murielgossard4665
    @murielgossard4665 5 лет назад +1

    How do you not like Clarence Carter's. Music

  • @Payne_Inc.
    @Payne_Inc. 2 года назад +1

    Respect the OG's! 🤜🏾🤛🏾

  • @stephanietablet4596
    @stephanietablet4596 7 лет назад +7

    Love this song

  • @charlesgussom7025
    @charlesgussom7025 9 лет назад +5

    Love you "CC"...keep Strokin!!!

  • @erikleiken
    @erikleiken 11 лет назад +73

    That's babymaking music right there...

    • @gigishepherd.lgmshepherd1977
      @gigishepherd.lgmshepherd1977 4 года назад +3

      One of my all time favorite singers!!!
      Love this man 💜

    • @anniegantt3402
      @anniegantt3402 4 года назад +1

      Yessssss💋💋💋💋💋💕💕💕💕💕💕

    • @ashtonhugh3952
      @ashtonhugh3952 3 года назад

      I guess Im quite off topic but does anyone know a good place to watch new movies online ?

    • @DAD_979
      @DAD_979 3 года назад

      Colored baby making music 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @vickiebuckner800
    @vickiebuckner800 10 лет назад +8

    The Best Blues& soul singer ever.

  • @jonlee2316
    @jonlee2316 8 лет назад +7

    incredible love this guy he is still great love forever

  • @pghjan1
    @pghjan1 13 лет назад +3

    You GO Clarence Carter!

  • @georgenarmor9367
    @georgenarmor9367 5 лет назад +3

    Oid is gold such a talented musian

  • @dongordito00
    @dongordito00 4 года назад +4

    Who's still strokin in 2020?

  • @cassandramitch8793
    @cassandramitch8793 8 лет назад +5

    I love Clarence Carter! Awesome smooth voice and awesome song!

  • @allenbateman3518
    @allenbateman3518 Год назад

    first heard this song as a kid when I was 8-10 years old. My friends dad had it on vinyl. Here I am now at the age of 49 still laughing and enjoying as much as I did back then. Not sure If really knew what stroking was back then, but I remember it being funny...

  • @darnellveal4123
    @darnellveal4123 6 лет назад +3

    I miss him he was a beast

  • @gregseckinger1652
    @gregseckinger1652 6 лет назад +1

    Was in a pool hall one night and it had one of the old jukeboxes. Well this song got stuck and it played all night, over and over. It was better than no music at all

  • @kevanrice1496
    @kevanrice1496 3 года назад +1

    this was the bars lastcall song downthere

  • @juancarloshernandezgomez3875
    @juancarloshernandezgomez3875 7 лет назад +7

    Descubrir a Clarence a sido maravilloso

  • @gottabeshari13
    @gottabeshari13 6 лет назад +3

    Omg, I love him!

  • @johnnytruelove1099
    @johnnytruelove1099 7 лет назад

    The club off Stewart Ave. played this every morning! And we were stroking!!!!!

  • @braconenterprises9130
    @braconenterprises9130 6 лет назад +4

    Still stroking to the east to the west 2018

  • @valendanewell5901
    @valendanewell5901 5 лет назад +1

    COME ON NOW!!...After all these years...CLARENCE.....U STILL BE STROKIN??(lol)...GOOD MUSIC❤❤

  • @margaretthomas4297
    @margaretthomas4297 4 года назад

    Love Clarence carter Slip Away

  • @jefferywilliams5878
    @jefferywilliams5878 2 года назад +1

    Best concert I'd ever seen including Aerosmith and the others. My girlfriend got really hung up on this song. Afterwards it was our favorite song.

  • @louisemitchell8614
    @louisemitchell8614 4 года назад +2

    I love his, "Patches"!!!!!!! But, of course I love this song too!!! Just add another one to the Incredible list!!!!!!!!

  • @tommydavenport7719
    @tommydavenport7719 10 лет назад +19

    I AM IN A IN A HEAVY METAL ROCK BAND AND I LOVE CLARENCE CARTERS MUSIC, ESPECIALLY "STROKIN". MY SON IS 13 AND HE THINKS IT IS GREAT, TOO.

    • @poiisonivy8937
      @poiisonivy8937 8 лет назад +5

      Oh Lord he's 13 and like the song. Just wait til he gets older lololol ❤😂❤😂❤

    • @gregorysmith3522
      @gregorysmith3522 6 лет назад

      Tommy Dave

  • @tacoeatingzebra
    @tacoeatingzebra 11 лет назад +14

    CLARENCE CARTER CLARENCE CARTER CLARENCE CARTER OOH SHIT CLARENCE CARTER

  • @TheGuitarReb
    @TheGuitarReb 4 года назад +1

    We always covered "Strokin" on the fourth set when everyone was good and lacquered up. It never failed that tips would cover our stage as some of the crowd would slip outside while others would really get down on the dance floor. We the band, loved old Clarence Carter and makin lub to da woman dat we lub da bes!

  • @dianejohnson6356
    @dianejohnson6356 5 лет назад +3

    Love this music....

  • @dychui
    @dychui 10 лет назад +27

    OMG best opening ever!