Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer recognized for upbeat, era-embodying singles like “Eternal Love” and “She’s a Dangerous Mama Jama (She’s Constructed, She’s Stacked)” has died. He was 72.
Carlton’s son, Carlton Hudgens II, posted to social media confirming the demise on Sunday. “RIP Dad, Legend Carl Carlton singer of She’s a Dangerous Mama Jama. Lengthy laborious struggle in life and you’ll be missed.” The submit didn’t cite a reason behind demise.
Born Carlton Hudgens in Detroit in 1953, he debuted as “Little Carl” Carlton, however modified his stage identify and moved to Houston after he was signed to the native label Again Beat Data. He had a minor soul-scene hit in 1971 with “I Can Really feel It,” and broke via nationally in 1974 when his regal cowl of Robert Knight’s “Eternal Love” hit No. 6 on Billboard’s Sizzling 100 and spent 15 weeks on that chart.
Carlton is maybe greatest recognized for his 1981 single, “She’s a Dangerous Mama Jama (She’s Constructed, She’s Stacked),” a grooving and awestruck ode to the feminine type that hit No. 22 on the Sizzling 100 and helped his self-titled album that yr attain gold standing.
The track has loved a protracted life in fashionable tradition — it’s been sampled by rappers like Cunning Brown, BigXThaPlug and Flo Milli, and regularly appeared on soundtracks for TV reveals and movies like “Pals.”
He continued releasing information into the ’80s, and appeared a number of occasions on “American Bandstand” and “Soul Prepare,” although his output slowed within the ’90s. In 2003, he carried out for Barry Glazer’s TV particular, “American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love, and Soul,” which featured Aretha Franklin and different marquee R&B and soul acts. His final album was 2010’s gospel LP “God Is Good.”
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