Barbara Carr
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Barbara Carr is an American
blues
musician
.
Carr's first recording contract
was with Chess Records
, where she recorded "I Can't Stop Now" and "Think About It Baby", and these two recordings
launched her solo career. Carr and husband, Charles Carr, soon started their own record label
, Bar-Car. Their first recordings included Good Woman Go Bad and Street Woman.
In 1996, Carr signed with Ecko Records
, which produced such songs as "Footprints On The Ceiling", "The Bo Hawg Grind", "If You Can't Cut The Mustard", "The Right Kind Of Love", and "Bone Me Like You Own Me". While still with Ecko Records, Carr recorded "What A Woman Wants", "Let A Real Woman Try", "Rainbow", "The Best Woman", and "Stroke It". Carr recorded eight album
s with Ecko, including a best of compilation album
, Best of Barbara Carr.
Carr has been honored twice with the Living Blues
Readers Award as 'Female Blues Artist of the Year'.
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blues
Blues
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musician
Musician
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.
Biography
Carr started singing in the First Baptist Church in Elmwood Park, Missouri. She sang with her sisters, and this group became known as The Crosby Singers, and they performed in various locations throughout Missouri.Carr's first recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
was with Chess Records
Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....
, where she recorded "I Can't Stop Now" and "Think About It Baby", and these two recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
launched her solo career. Carr and husband, Charles Carr, soon started their own record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, Bar-Car. Their first recordings included Good Woman Go Bad and Street Woman.
In 1996, Carr signed with Ecko Records
Ecko Records
Ecko Records is an American blues and soul blues record label, founded in 1995 by John Ward in Memphis, Tennessee. Ecko Records has released albums by Rufus Thomas, Barbara Carr, Denise LaSalle, Lee "Shot" Williams, Bill Coday, Earl Gaines, Ollie Nightingale, Carl Sims, Quinn Golden, and numerous...
, which produced such songs as "Footprints On The Ceiling", "The Bo Hawg Grind", "If You Can't Cut The Mustard", "The Right Kind Of Love", and "Bone Me Like You Own Me". While still with Ecko Records, Carr recorded "What A Woman Wants", "Let A Real Woman Try", "Rainbow", "The Best Woman", and "Stroke It". Carr recorded eight album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s with Ecko, including a best of compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, Best of Barbara Carr.
Carr has been honored twice with the Living Blues
Living Blues
Living Blues is a bi-monthly magazine focused on covering the African American blues tradition, and America's oldest blues periodical. The magazine was founded as a quarterly in Chicago in 1970 by Jim O'Neal and Amy van Singel. Alligator Records owner and founder Bruce Iglauer was also one of the...
Readers Award as 'Female Blues Artist of the Year'.
Albums
- Reaching Out To You - Muscle Shoals Records, 1984
- Not A Word - Bar-Car, 1985
- See Saw - Bar-Car, 1986
- Good Woman Go Bad - Bar-Car, 1989
- Footprints on the Ceiling - Ecko, 1997
- Bone Me Like You Own Me - Ecko, 1998
- What a Woman Wants - Ecko, 1999
- Stroke It - Ecko, 2000
- Talk to Me - Ecko, 2004
- Down Low Brother - Ecko, 2006
- It's My Time - Ecko, 2007
- Savvy Woman - CDS, 2009
- Southern Soul Blues Sisters (with Uvee Hayes) - Aviara Music, 2009