O.B. McClinton
Born in Senatobia, Mississippi in 1940 and known to refer to himself as the "Chocolate Cowboy," McClinton found success as a black country singer. Before beginning his country music career, he tried to break into R&B. Although he was unable to secure a recording contract as a soul singer himself, he did pen several songs recorded by James Carr, including the title songs to Carr's albums You Got My Mind Messed Up and A Man Needs a Woman. At Stax, he recorded several LPs on the subsidiary Enterprise lablel, including Obie From Senatobie, which featured his first country chart single "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You," a top 40 song in 1972. He died on September 23, 1987.