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Calvin Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 27, 1925. He is an American songwriter and record producer. He is best known for writing the hit songs "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)". Carter began his career in the music industry in the 1950s, working as a session musician and songwriter. He wrote and produced songs for many artists, including The Temptations, The Four Tops, and The Supremes. He also wrote and produced songs for the Motown label. Carter's most successful song was "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", which was recorded by both The Supremes and The Temptations. The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969. Carter has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also a recipient of the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award. As of 2021, Calvin Carter's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.

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1986

Carter died in Oak Forest, Illinois, in 1986, aged 61.

1960

After Vee Jay was forced to close by financial problems, Calvin Carter worked at Liberty Records, running their soul subsidiary, Minit Records, for a while and working with Canned Heat. He produced leading blues artist, Little Milton for Chess Records in the late 1960s and Betty Everett for Fantasy Records in the early '70s. He had first signed her for Vee Jay a decade earlier, producing several hits for her including "The Shoop Shoop Song". He recorded jazz greats like Eddie Harris and Gene Ammons while with Vee Jay.

1955

His best-known song, "I Ain't Got You", was recorded by both Jimmy Reed and Billy Boy Arnold in 1955 and later covered by The Yardbirds in 1964 (as the B-side to their "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" single), by The Animals on their 1965 UK release Animal Tracks, by Aerosmith in 1978 on their Live! Bootleg album, by Blue Öyster Cult in 1975 on their On Your Feet or on Your Knees album (as "Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You)"), by The Blues Brothers in 1980 on their Made in America album, by Molly Hatchet on their The Deed Is Done album, and by the Belgian band The Baboons in 2011 (on their Back Scratch album).

1925

Calvin T. Carter (May 27, 1925 – July 9, 1986) was an American record producer, record label manager and songwriter of jazz and pop songs.

Calvin Carter was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1925. He joined Vee-Jay Records, founded by his sister Vivian Carter and her husband James Bracken, in 1953 and became its principal A&R man and producer, in charge of recording sessions. According to Allmusic, he was responsible for giving "direction and vision" to the company, which mainly recorded R&B acts such as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Billy Emerson and Jimmy Reed. In the 1960s, Vee Jay Records was the first American company to sign The Beatles and helped to establish The Four Seasons as a major-selling group.