Carl Douglas
Carl Douglas was born in Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica on May 10th, 1942 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 82, Carl Douglas biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Carlton George Douglas (born 10 May 1942), also known by his stage name Carl Douglas, is a Jamaican recording artist best known for his 1974 Disco album "Kung Fu Fighting."
Early life
Carlton George Douglas was born in Kingston, Jamaica's Colony. He lived in California for a time before relocating to London, England as a youth. He spent his youth in England playing football and vocal training. He began a passion for soul music in his youth (quoting Sam Cooke and Otis Redding as his biggest influences) and a developed tenor voice, which he would perform in church performing various religious songs.
Career
Douglas's career was based in the United Kingdom. His disco single "Kung Fu Fighting", produced by British producer Biddu, ranked number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The single sold 11 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA on 27 November 1974.
The single, which is a homage to martial arts films, has overshadowed the rest of Douglas's career, and has led to his appearance on other artists' versions of the song. In the United States, Douglas is considered a one-hit wonder, since he is known only for "Kung Fu Fighting" (the follow-up "Dance the Kung Fu" did not crack the top 40). However, in the United Kingdom, two of his other singles made it into the top 40: "Dance the Kung Fu", which peaked at number 35 in the charts, and "Run Back", which peaked at number 25.
Douglas was once managed by Eric Woolfson, who later became the primary songwriter behind the Alan Parsons Project.
In 1998, a re-recording of "Kung Fu Fighting", performed by British dance act Bus Stop and which featured Douglas's vocals, peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
The single "Dance the Kung Fu" was sampled on "Cuda nie widy" from the 2001 album Nibylandia by Polish group Ego, and later by DJ Premier on his 2007 remix of Nike's 25th Air Force One anniversary single "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)", featuring Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One, and Rakim.
Douglas is represented by music publisher Schacht Musikverlage (SMV) in Hamburg, Germany.