to the recording studio, and he was able to complete another album, Take Me to the Limit, for a revived Goldwax label in 1991. He also performed at festivals in the US and Europe, and released another album, Soul Survivor, in 1994. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in the mid-1990s, and died in a Memphis nursing home in 2001, aged 58. Discography Singles "You've Got My Mind Messed Up" (1966) R&B No. 7, Pop No. 63 "Love Attack" (1966) R&B No. 21, Pop No. 99 "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" (1966) R&B No. 23, Pop No. 85 "The Dark End of the Street" (1967) R&B No. 10, Pop No. 77 "Let It Happen" (1967) R&B No. 30, Pop No. 106 "I'm a Fool for You" (duet with an uncredited Betty Harris) (1967) R&B No. 42, Pop No. 97 "A Man Needs a Woman" (1968) R&B No. 16, Pop No. 63 "Life Turned Her That Way" (1968) Pop No. 112 "Freedom Train" (1969) R&B No. 39 "To Love Somebody" (1969) R&B No. 44 Albums You Got My Mind Messed Up (1967) R&B: No. 25 A Man Needs a Woman (1968) Take Me To The Limit (1991) Soul Survivor (1994) Compilations Complete, Vol. 1 (1994) Complete, Vol. 2 (1994) Goldwax The Essential James Carr (1995) Razor & Tie 24 Karat Soul (2001) Soultrax The Complete Goldwax Singles (2001) Kent My Soul Is Satisfied: The Rest of James Carr (2004) Kent A Man Worth Knowing: The 1990s Goldwax & Soultrax Recordings (2006) Ace References External links Obituary, The Guardian Robert Gordon, "James Carr: Way Out on a Voyage" James Carr Biography Cascade Blues article The Songs of James Carr, lyrics and discography 1942 births 2001 deaths 20th-century African-American male singers American gospel singers People from Coahoma, Mississippi Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee Singers from Mississippi People with bipolar disorder American soul musicians Deaths from lung cancer in Tennessee