Carl Carlton, funk singer behind ‘She’s a Bad Mama Jama,’ dies at 72

August Brown Los Angeles Times Carl Carlton the funk and R B singer known for upbeat era-embodying singles like Everlasting Love and She s a Bad Mama Jama She s Built She s Stacked has died He was Related Articles Crews use sandbags to shore up levee breach near Seattle after failure prompts flood warning US Army names Iowa Guard members killed in attack in Syria Trump administration says it necessities to fight SNAP fraud but the extent of the challenge is unclear Milwaukee judge on trial for aiding immigrant advised staffer she d take the heat Rob Reiner revealed painful family dynamics in movie he made with son Carlton s son Carlton Hudgens II posted to social media confirming the death on Sunday RIP Dad Legend Carl Carlton singer of She s a Bad Mama Jama Long hard fight in life and you will be missed The post did not cite a cause of death Born Carlton Hudgens in Detroit in he debuted as Little Carl Carlton but changed his stage name and moved to Houston after he was signed to the local label Back Beat Records He had a minor soul-scene hit in with I Can Feel It and broke through nationally in when his regal cover of Robert Knight s Everlasting Love hit No on Billboard s Hot and spent weeks on that chart Carlton is perhaps best known for his single She s a Bad Mama Jama She s Built She s Stacked a grooving and awestruck ode to the female form that hit No on the Hot and helped his self-titled album that year reach gold status The song has enjoyed a long life in popular lifestyle it s been sampled by rappers like Foxy Brown BigXThaPlug and Flo Milli and frequently appeared on soundtracks for TV shows and films like Friends He continued releasing records into the s and appeared several times on American Bandstand and Soul Train though his output slowed in the s In he performed for Barry Glazer s TV special American Soundtrack Rhythm Love and Soul which featured Aretha Franklin and other marquee R B and soul acts His last album was s gospel LP God Is Good Los Angeles Times Visit at latimes com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency LLC