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Carl Carlton, an R&B singer best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked ...

Soul legend Carl Carlton, best known for his track She's a Bad Mamma Jama has died at the age of 72 his devastated family has ...