Discography and Biography of Carl Carlton. Listen to all their hits.
Carl Carlton Songs

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Carl Carlton (born May 21, 1953) is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer and songwriter, best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)". His first recordings were minor local hits, including "So What" and "Don't You Need A Boy Like Me" on the Lando label. In 1968, Carlton was signed by Don D. Robey to his new label, Back Beat Records. His first single with the label, "Competition Ain't Nothing" became a huge hit on the UK northern soul scene after its release on the UK Action label. Carlton finally saw major success in the United States with a cover version of Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love." This song went to #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #11 on the Billboard R&B Charts in 1974. Carlton had some single releases on the ABC and Mercury labels during the remainder of the seventies without achieving much chart success. Leon Haywood helped him get a singles deal with 20th Century Records in the early eighties. A Haywood-penned single, "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)", became a major hit, peaking at #2 on the soul chart earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1982. The track peaked at #34 in the UK Singles Chart. Carlton's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. Carlton released several more albums in the 1980s but had only a few minor R&B hits. After 1985's Private Property, he did not release another album until 1994's Main Event, which also failed to chart.

Below is a list of Carl Carlton songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: 20th Century 2488
chart position: RandB #2, US #22, UK #34, US dance #20
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Carl Carlton
Carl Carlton She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
1981 20th Century
2 record label: Back Beat 27001
chart position: RandB #11, US #6, US AC #15, US dance 4
written by: Buzz Cason & Mac Gayden
album: Everlasting Love
Carl Carlton Everlasting Love
1974 Back Beat
3 record label: Back Beat 613
chart position: RandB #12, US #78
written by: Jo Armstead
album: Drop By My Place (1988 UK compilation)
Carl Carlton Drop by My Place
1970 Back Beat
4 record label: ABC 12059
chart position: RandB #13, US #91
written by: Dennis Belfield
album: Everlasting Love
Carl Carlton Smokin' Room
1975 ABC
5 record label: RCA 13313
chart position: RandB #17, US #103, US Dance #35
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Bad C.C.
Carl Carlton Baby I Need Your Lovin'
1982 RCA
6 record label: Back Beat 598
chart position: RandB #19, US #105
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Buddy Lamp
Carl Carlton 46 Drums, 1 Guitar
1968 Back Beat
7 record label: Casablanca 880 949
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Allen Jones
album: Private Property
Carl Carlton Private Property
1985 Casablanca
8 record label: Back Beat 588
chart position: RandB #36, US #75
written by: William Webb and Louise Hiram
Carl Carlton Competition Ain't Nothin'
1968 Back Beat
9 record label: Back Beat 610
chart position: RandB #38
written by: R. Washington
Carl Carlton Don't Walk Away
1969 Back Beat
10 record label: Back Beat 603
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Jo Armstead and A. Terry
Carl Carlton Look at Mary Wonder (How I Got Over)
1969 Back Beat
11 record label: Back Beat 627
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Can't Stop a Man in Love
Carl Carlton I Won't Let That Chump Break Your Heart
1972 Back Beat
12 record label: Back Beat 617
chart position: RandB #47
Carl Carlton I Can Feel It
1971 Back Beat
13 record label: RCA 13406
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass and Randy Jackson [Randall Darnell Jackson]
album: The Bad C.C.
Carl Carlton Swing That Little Thang
1983 RCA
14 record label: 20th Century 2488
chart position: RandB #57
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Carl Carlton
Carl Carlton This Feeling's Rated X-Tra
1980 20th Century
15 record label: 20th Century 2601
chart position: RandB #65
written by: Michael McGloiry
album: Carl Carlton
comments: [beat ballad]
Carl Carlton I Think It's Gonna Be Alright
1982 20th Century
16 record label: ABC 12166
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Bunny Sigler
album: I Wanna Be with You
Carl Carlton Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (About You)
1976 ABC
17 record label: ABC 12089
chart position: RandB #71
written by: Chris Sciarrotta and Dick Monda
album: Everlasting Love
Carl Carlton Morning, Noon and Nighttime
1975 ABC
18 record label: ABC 11378
chart position: RandB #81
written by: George Soule and Terry Woodford
album: Can't Stop a Man in Love
Carl Carlton You Can't Stop a Man in Love
1973 ABC
19 record label: Casablanca 884 274
chart position: RandB #88
written by: Allen Jones (as Allen A. Jones)
album: Private Property
Carl Carlton Slipped, Tripped (Fooled Around and Fell in Love)
1986 Casablanca
-- record label: 20th Century Fox 2513
written by: Michael McGloiry
album: Carl Carlton
Carl Carlton Sexy Lady
1981 20th Century Fox
-- record label: Double Stars 583
album: The Bad C.C.
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Carl Carlton Just One Kiss
1983 Double Stars




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