Carl Carlton, a gifted soul singer who enjoyed two massive crossover hits across his more than 50-year career, died December 14, People magazine reports. Reportedly born in Detroit on May 21, 1953 (some sources cite 1952), he was a professional by his teens, billed as Little Carl Carlton. Signed in 1968 to Texas-based label Back Beat, he enjoyed a smash in the U.K. with "Competition Ain't Nothing" two years later. Along with other, more minor, successes, his 1974 cover of "Everla...
Carl Carlton, a gifted soul singer who enjoyed two massive crossover hits across his more than 50-year career, died December 14, People magazine reports. Reportedly born in Detroit on May 21, 1953 (some sources cite 1952), he was a professional by his teens, billed as Little Carl Carlton. Signed in 1968 to Texas-based label Back Beat, he enjoyed a smash in the U.K. with "Competition Ain't Nothing" two years later. Along with other, more minor, successes, his 1974 cover of "Everla...
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