# Mel Carter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mel_Carter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mel_Carter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Carter > Source revision: 1354666640 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American soul singer}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2017}} {{Use American English|date=June 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mel Carter | image = Mel Carter.png | caption = Carter in 1966 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|4|22}} |birth_place = [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), U.S. | death_date = | origin = | genre = [Soul](/source/Soul_music), [pop](/source/Pop_music) | occupation = Singer, actor | years_active = 1960–present | label = }} '''Mel Carter''' (born April 22, 1939) is an American [soul](/source/Soul_music) and [pop](/source/Pop_music) singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million-selling recording "[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me](/source/Hold_Me%2C_Thrill_Me%2C_Kiss_Me)". == Biography == Carter was born in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati), [Ohio](/source/Ohio).{{Cite web |title=Mel Carter Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mel-carter-mn0000342834/biography |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} At age 16, he studied singing with vocalist [Little Jimmy Scott](/source/Little_Jimmy_Scott). Carter recorded for [Sam Cooke](/source/Sam_Cooke)'s SAR ([Derby Records](/source/Derby_Records)) in the early 1960s and had his first hit in 1963 at the age of 24 with "When a Boy Falls in Love", which was co-written by Cooke. By the time he reached his commercial peak with [Imperial Records](/source/Imperial_Records) in the middle of the decade, he was specializing in pop ballads. His biggest success was the [Top 10](/source/Top_40) [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) hit "[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me](/source/Hold_Me%2C_Thrill_Me%2C_Kiss_Me)", which reached Number 8 in 1965. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a [gold disc](/source/music_recording_sales_certification).{{cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/188 188] | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 | url-access= registration | url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/188 }} He had a couple of other [Top 40](/source/Top_40) entries over the next year, "[Band of Gold](/source/Band_of_Gold_(1955_song))" and "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings", as well as a few other easy listening sellers. Carter appeared on the DVD of the [PBS](/source/PBS) special, ''Doo Wop 51,'' recorded in 2001 performing his hit; he also appeared on another PBS special, ''Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop'', performing a tribute to Billy Williams ("[I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter](/source/I'm_Gonna_Sit_Right_Down_and_Write_Myself_a_Letter)") and [Tommy Edwards](/source/Tommy_Edwards) ("[It's All in the Game](/source/It's_All_in_the_Game_(song))"). Carter later acted on television programs such as ''[Quincy, M.E.](/source/Quincy%2C_M.E.)''; ''[Sanford and Son](/source/Sanford_and_Son)''; ''[Marcus Welby, M.D.](/source/Marcus_Welby%2C_M.D.)''; ''[The Eddie Capra Mysteries](/source/The_Eddie_Capra_Mysteries)'' as Albert Crane; ''[CHiPs](/source/CHiPs)''; and ''[Magnum, P.I.](/source/Magnum%2C_P.I.)''; and in films such as ''[Friday Foster](/source/Friday_Foster_(film))'' (1975){{cite web |title=Friday Foster - Full cast & crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073019/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm |website=IMB |access-date=17 May 2026}}; ''[Chesty Anderson, USN](/source/Chesty_Anderson%2C_USN)'' (1976); ''American Raspberry'' (1977); and ''[Angel](/source/Angel_(1984_film))'' (1984){{cite web |title=Angel - Full Cast and Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086896/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm |website=IMDB |access-date=17 May 2026}}. == Albums == {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Album ! colspan="2" |Peak positions ! rowspan="2" |Label |- ![US 200](/source/Billboard_200)
{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/28/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top LP's, 1945-1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |pages=28 |access-date=November 5, 2023}} ![US CB](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))
{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/56/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=56}} |- | 1963 | ''When A Boy Falls In Love'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | [Derby](/source/Derby_Records) |- | rowspan="2"| 1965 | ''(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | rowspan="3"| [Imperial](/source/Imperial_Records) |- | ''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'' | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| 67 |- | 1966 | ''Easy Listening'' | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1967 | ''Be My Love'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | [Liberty](/source/Liberty_Records) |- | 1970 | ''This Is My Life'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | [Amos](/source/Amos_Records) |- | 1984 | ''Willing'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Onyx
International |- | 1995 | ''Live! In Hollywood'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | rowspan="2"| CSP |- | 2008 | ''The Heart & Soul Of Mel Carter'' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- |} == Singles == {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="5"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="45"|[US](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnsbub0000whit/page/30/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981 |date=1982 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-8982-0047-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=30}} ! width="45"|[US
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[CHUM](/source/CHUM_Chart) [RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine)) ! width="45"|[CA
AC](/source/RPM_(magazine)) ! width="45"|[AU](/source/Kent_Music_Report) |- |1960 |"I'm Coming Home"
b/w "Sugar" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks |- |1961 |"I Need You So"
b/w "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- |1962 |"Who Do You Love" (with [Clydie King](/source/Clydie_King))
b/w "The Wrong Side Of Town" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- |rowspan="2"|1963 |"Wonderful Love"
b/w "Time Of Young Love" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |rowspan="3"|''When A Boy Falls In Love'' |- | "When A Boy Falls In Love"A
b/w "So Wonderful" | align="center"| 44 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- |rowspan="2"|1964 |"Why I Call Her Mine"
b/w "Time Of Young Love" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- |"Deed I Do"
b/w "What's On Your Mind" (from ''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'') | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | Non-album track |- | rowspan="4"| 1965 | "The Richest Man Alive"
b/w "[I'll Never Be Free](/source/I'll_Never_Be_Free)" | align="center"| 104 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | rowspan="3"|''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'' |- |"I Just Can't Imagine"
b/w "High Noon" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- | "[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me](/source/Hold_Me%2C_Thrill_Me%2C_Kiss_Me)"
b/w "A Sweet Little Girl" | align="center"| 8 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 21 |- | "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings"
b/w "When I Hold The Hand Of The One I Love" | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| 48 |rowspan="3"|''(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings'' |- | rowspan="4"| 1966 | "Love Is All We Need"
b/w "[I Wish I Didn't Love You So](/source/I_Wish_I_Didn't_Love_You_So)" | align="center"| 50 | align="center"| 21 | align="center"| 34 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| — |- | "[Band Of Gold](/source/Band_of_Gold_(1955_song))"
b/w "Detour" (from ''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'') | align="center"| 32 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- | "[You, You, You](/source/You%2C_You%2C_You)"
b/w "If You Lose Her" (Non-album track) | align="center"| 49 | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | rowspan="2"|''Easy Listening'' |- | "[Take Good Care Of Her](/source/Take_Good_Care_of_Her)"
b/w "Tar and Cement" | align="center"| 78 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- | rowspan="4"| 1967 | "[As Time Goes By](/source/As_Time_Goes_By_(song))"
b/w "Look To The Rainbow" | align="center"| 111 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- |"Edelweiss"
b/w "For Once In My Life" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- |"Enter Laughing"
b/w "Star Dust" (Non-album track) | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |''Enter Laughing'' (Soundtrack) |- | "[Be My Love](/source/Be_My_Love)"
b/w "I Look Into Your Eyes" | align="center"| 132 | align="center"| 23 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |rowspan="2"|''Be My Love'' |- |rowspan="2"|1968 |"Excuse Me"
b/w "The Other Woman" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- | "[I Pretend](/source/I_Pretend)"
b/w "Didn't We" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | Non-album tracks |- |rowspan="2"|1969 |"San Francisco Is A Lonely Town"
b/w "Everything Stops For A Little While" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | ''This Is My Life'' |- |"Another Saturday Night"
b/w "Coming From You" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | Non-album tracks |- |1970 |"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
b/w "This Is Your Life" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | ''This Is My Life'' |- |1973 |"Do Me Wrong, But Do Me
b/w "She Is Me" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | rowspan="5"|Non-album tracks |- | 1974 | "[I Only Have Eyes For You](/source/I_Only_Have_Eyes_For_You)"
b/w "[Treasure of Love](/source/Treasure_of_Love_(Clyde_McPhatter_song))" | align="center"| 104 | align="center"| 39 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- | 1976 | "[My Coloring Book](/source/My_Coloring_Book)"
b/w "Put A Little Love Away" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 47 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- |rowspan="2"|1981 | "You Changed My Life Again"
b/w "I Don't Want To Get Over You" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| — |- |"I Don't Want To Get Over You"
b/w "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |} * A"When a Boy Falls In Love" also peaked at #30 on R&B charts. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Wikiquote}} *[http://www.mel-carter.com/ Mel Carter's website] *{{AllMusic}} *{{IMDb name|0141809|Mel Carter}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Mel}} Category:1939 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century African-American male singers Category:20th-century American male singers Category:20th-century American singers Category:American soul musicians Category:American pop musicians Category:Arwin Records artists Category:Bell Records artists Category:Derby Records artists Category:Imperial Records artists Category:Singers from Cincinnati Category:Long stubs with short prose {{Ohio-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mel Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Carter) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Carter?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.