Carl Carlton – Everlasting Love (1974)

Carl Carlton began his recording career as Little Carl Carlton in his native Detroit in 1964 on Lando Records. One of his early sides, "Nothing No Sweeter Than Love," a Northern soul favorite, can be found on the 1999 Life on Mars/BMG CD Cream of Vintage Soul, Vol.1 and on Popcorn's Detroit Soul Party. His cover of "Everlasting Love" (a hit for Robert Knight) was his pop breakthrough in fall 1974. That track and its slow-burn flip side, "I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze," was produced by Papa Don (James & Bobby Purify's "I'm Your Puppet"). The rest of the album, produced by Bob Monaco, consists mostly of cleverly arranged remakes. The follow-up singles were "Morning, Noon and Night" and "Smokin' Room." Carlton also performs a cover of "La La Song," written by Leon Heywood, who wrote and produced his sole gold single, "She's a Bad Mama Jama." ["Everlasting Love" is on Duke-Peacock's Greatest Hits, Party Starter Level 1: The Classics, Pure Disco, Vol. 2, Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind, Vol. 13, and ABC's of Soul, Vol. 2: Classics From the ABC Records Catalog 1969-1974 among others.]