All three of these records were in the top ten positions on the charts. During this time, we had records like: "Slip Away" in 1968, "Too Weak To Fight" in 1969 and "Patches" in 1970. My association with Fame Records lasted from 1966 until 1973. Oh, I forgot to tell you, the name of my first record on Fame Records it was "Tell Daddy All About It".
I learned how to write songs, how to sing professionally and how songs were produced into hit records. This was probably one of the wisest moves I have ever made. I then signed a contract with Rick Hall, who owned Fame Records, which was located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
My association with Calvin was short lived because in 1966, we had an automobile accident that caused us to choose different careers. I had a hard time learning how to play the guitar for I had no one to teach me how to play but, I was determined to play and I did so by listening to other people play and copy what I heard. Though this news was disappointing to me at first, I quickly recovered when she told me that she bought me a guitar for Christmas.
I am referring to the time when I was eleven years old and my mother told me that Santa would not be coming to me anymore. It is said that all things happen for the better, however when it happens, you cannot understand why. I think one of the funniest thoughts about the experience with Duke Records happened the day when we received our first royalty check that amounted to twenty-five cents. The songs that we recorded were, "You Stole My Heart" and "Money and women". We were known by several names, Clarence and Calvin and sometimes were called the CL. My music career began with a school pal of mine, Calvin Scott, and we signed a contract with "Duke Records" from which we had two releases that you probably never heard.