Who sung the disco song "She's a bad mamma jamma"?

**chocolategirl** · February 17th, 2006, 05:02 PM

Please help me!! This song is racking my brain. Who wrote the song "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma"? and What year did it come out? I've been searching endlessly on the internet on to hear a version from Johnny Osbourne but that's not the right artist. This song had a lot of synthesizer music. Frankly I thought Billy Preston sung this song... I may be wrong.

Thanks... chocolategirl...:roll:

**tcbgent** · February 17th, 2006, 05:18 PM

Originally Written by chocolategirl

Please help me!! This song is racking my brain. Who wrote the song "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma"? and What year did it come out? I've been searching endlessly on the internet on to hear a version from Johnny Osbourne but that's not the right artist. This song had a lot of synthesizer music. Frankly I thought Billy Preston sung this song... I may be wrong.

Thanks... chocolategirl...:roll:

I believe it was CARL CARLTON 20TH CENTURY RECORDS 1979

**Disco Funk** · February 17th, 2006, 07:04 PM

Its definitely Carl Carlton who did at least the first and most well known version. I don't know about later remakes.

Disco Funk

**eddie** · February 17th, 2006, 09:48 PM

Carl Carlton definitely sung the song but it was written by Leon Haywood.

**sutnop** · February 18th, 2006, 09:33 PM

didn't Stevie Wonder also do a version of this song?

I know I have it somewhere.....

**spincycle** · February 23rd, 2006, 07:47 PM

Originally Written by sutnop

didn't Stevie Wonder also do a version of this song?

I know I have it somewhere.....

Funny you should mention that; I just checked my MP3 and it was listed under Stevie Wonder. I will look into this.

**Disco Funk** · February 23rd, 2006, 08:03 PM

If you downloaded it off of Napster or some other peer to peer, I wouldn't be surprised if people said it was by Stevie Wonder, since Carl Carlton does vaguely sound like him.

Disco Funk

**remicks** · February 24th, 2006, 02:34 AM

*****

Stevie Wonder sang:

ISN'T SHE LOVELY

which I guess in some circles could translate to the same thing ..............

*****

**n2soundz2003** · June 9th, 2009, 10:03 AM

There's three version I'm aware of the first is by (Stevie Wonder) the second by (Carl Carlton) & the third is by (George Clinton Parliment & The Funkadelics) I hope this helps.

(www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sl5VurCaIQ) (www.imeem.com/cherrymariposa/music/Lt_2GhGC/stevie-wonder-shes-a-bad-mamma-jamma/)
(www.soundtracklyrics.net/song-lyrics/undercover-brother/shes-a-bad-mama-jama.htm)

Sign:) n2soundz2003 A.K.A. "N2"

**n2soundz2003** · June 9th, 2009, 10:33 AM

This Song was first done by:
Carl Carlton:
First began recording in the late 1960s as "Little Carl" Carlton, a marketing ploy to capitalize on some vocal similarities to Stevie Wonder, who recorded under the name "Little Stevie" Wonder in the early 1960s. After scoring some minor local hits, Carlton was signed by Don D. Robey and moved to Houston, Texas, the home of his new record label, Back Beat Records. Carlton saw some success with the new label including his first major hit, a disco-tinged remake of Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love", that went to #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart (which went on to become the most popular version of the Cason/Gayden classic song ever).
Robey sold his labels to ABC Records in 1972, and in 1976 Carlton became embroiled in a royalty dispute with the new ownership that caused him to stop recording for some time. He then signed with Mercury Records in 1977, but only released one single on that label. Carlton was unable to land a new recording contract for several years until Leon Haywood helped him get a singles deal with 20th Century Records. A Haywood-penned single, "She's a Bad Mama Jama", became a major hit, peaking at #2 on the soul chart and earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.[1] Carlton's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks and is often sampled in rap music.
Carlton released several more albums in the 1980s but had only a few minor R&B hits, and eventually fell out of favor with record companies and out of the public eye. After 1985's Private Property, he did not release another album until 1994's Main Event, which also failed to chart.
In late 2002, Carlton appeared with many R&B stars on the "Rhythm, Love, and Soul" edition of the PBS series American Soundtrack. His performance of "Everlasting Love" was included on the accompanying live album that was released in 2004