Carl Carlton passed away at 72 after spending decades as one of the smoothest voices in R&B and soul. His kid broke the news on social media, saying the Detroit singer had been fighting through some rough times before he died. Carlton apparently had a stroke six years back, but nobody has said what actually ended up taking him out.
The dude started performing when he was still basically a kid in the 1960s and dropped his first singles before most people hit high school. He blew up nationally with Everlasting Love in the mid-1970s, and then She's a Bad Mama Jama became his signature track in the early 1980s. That song got him a Grammy nomination and ended up getting sampled by a bunch of hip-hop artists later on.
Carlton's music stayed relevant across generations, showing up at cookouts and parties for years after he first recorded it.
The dude started performing when he was still basically a kid in the 1960s and dropped his first singles before most people hit high school. He blew up nationally with Everlasting Love in the mid-1970s, and then She's a Bad Mama Jama became his signature track in the early 1980s. That song got him a Grammy nomination and ended up getting sampled by a bunch of hip-hop artists later on.
Carlton's music stayed relevant across generations, showing up at cookouts and parties for years after he first recorded it.
