Artist Guide

Mike Clark, Jr. (New EP Alert!)

July 29, 2025:

New Artist Guide Alert!

Mike Clark Jr. is now the #40-ranked artist on Daddy B. Nice's THE NEW GENERATION of SOUTHERN SOUL chart!



June 22, 2025: Originally published in "News & Notes" on Daddy B. Nice's Corner.

According to reports, Mike Clark Jr. ("Auntie Outside Tonight," "Keep On Steppin'") has signed a record deal with Atlantic. His first southern soul EP, Keep On Steppin', was released June 17th, prior to the partnership with Atlantic. The EP includes "Auntie Outside," "Keep On Steppin'" and "Doghouse". Clark Jr.'s cover of the Love Doctor's "Slow Roll It" is not included, most likely due to copyright reasons.



April 1, 2025: Originally published in Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 Singles

#1 Single! Keep On Steppin'!

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles For. . .

April 2025

1. "Keep On Steppin' Remix"----Mike Clark Jr. feat. The Ying Yang Twins

"Keep On Steppin'" is special in so many ways. For one, it's got three or four music videos running simultaneously because it's so beloved by the dancers. For another, it's by a performer who published his first hit single ("Auntie Outside Tonight") a year ago at the age of eighteen! "Keep On Steppin'" has percussive effects that are nothing short of hypnotic---like a gigantic musical magnet pulling club-goers onto the dance floor. Add a simple but rousing melody delivered in humming verses over the boot-stomping rhythm section and the irrepressible Clark Jr. shouting directions ("We're going to church here y'all!") and you have a young talent on the conveyor belt to stardom.

Listen to Mike Clark Jr. singing "Keep On Steppin'" on YouTube.



Originally published in Daddy B. Nice's Southern Soul Awards (Best of 2023).

January 21, 2024:

Best Out-Of-Left-Field Song:

In a year filled with outstanding debuts, Mike Clark Jr. tackled this paean to one-night stands with the triumpant praise of a preacher rousing a congregation.

Mike Clark Jr. ----- “Auntie Outside Tonight”

Listen to Mike Clark Jr. singing "Auntie Outside Tonight" on YouTube.

Buy Mike Clark Jr.'s "Auntie Outside Tonight" single at Apple.

See Daddy B. Nice's 17th Annual Southern Soul Awards (Best of 2023).



September 1, 2023:

Mike Clark Jr. #1 Debut Single!

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles For. . .

-------SEPTEMBER 2023-------

1."Auntie Outside Tonight"-----Mike Clark Jr.

Macon, Georgia. First time out. Electric vocal. And without another recorded single to his name, Mike Clark, Jr. shoots like a bunny rabbit through all the other hard-working and talented, up-and-coming artists who've been around longer but who haven't been lucky enough to score the right song in the right place at the right time. "Auntie Outside's" the right song, and Mike Clark Jr.'s the man.

Listen to Mike Clark Jr. singing "Auntie Outside Tonight" on YouTube.



Listen to MIKE CLARK JR TALKS #AUNTIEOUTSIDE, GOING VIRAL ON TIKTOK, SIGNING A MAJOR DEAL & ETC [WEOUTSIDE] on YouTube.

Listen to Mike Clark singing "Auntie Outside" with accompanying lyrics on YouTube.

--Daddy B. Nice