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Carl Douglas

real name Carlton George Douglas

Kingston, Jamaica · b. 1942-05-10

Carl Douglas is credited on 898 releases across 223 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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898

Credits

223

Albums

7

Decades active

49

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Jamaican disco vocalist born 10 May 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica. He grew up both in Jamaica and California. Douglas eventually moved to England to study sound engineering. He released some singles in the 1960's some as a solo artist and as part of the group Carl Douglas And The Big Stampede. He had a chart entry in the 1960's with "Crazy Feeling".
He worked with producer Biddu on the film soundtrack "Embassy" in 1972. His big hit was the 1974 novelty "Kung Fu Fighting", again produced by Biddu. He followed up with a similar title in 1974, "Dance The Kung Fu" which was also a hit. He had another hit with "Run Back" which was released in 1977.

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Credited work

898 releases · 223 albums · active 1966–2024

  • Performance · 1,141
  • Other credits · 18
  • Production · 1

Studios: Nova Sound Studios, London · The Boss Studios · R.G. Jones Studios · Sony Soho Square

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