{"id":25912,"date":"2025-12-21T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=25912"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:47:14","slug":"remembering-carl-carlton-a-soulful-legacy-that-shaped-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=25912","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Carl Carlton: A Soulful Legacy That Shaped Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carl Carlton passed away at 72, prompting fans to reflect on a career that shaped soul, funk, and R&amp;B across generations. From his Detroit roots as a child prodigy to international recognition, Carlton brought warmth, emotion, and versatility to every era he touched, earning lasting admiration for a voice that felt both personal and universal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best known for timeless hits like \u201cEverlasting Love\u201d and the funk classic \u201cShe\u2019s a Bad Mama Jama,\u201d Carlton continually evolved without losing authenticity. In later years, he returned to gospel and faith, completing a full-circle journey. Though gone, his music endures\u2014sampled, streamed, and cherished\u2014ensuring his soulful legacy lives on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Carlton passed away at 72, prompting fans to reflect on a career that shaped soul, funk, and R&amp;B across generations. From his Detroit roots as a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":361,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25914,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912\/revisions\/25914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}