Carol Douglas
Carol Douglas (* 7. April 1948 as Carol Strickland in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American soul and disco singer. She was best known for the disco classic Doctor's Orders .
Career
Carol Douglas was a member of the Chantels in the early 1970s before starting her solo career in 1974. She achieved her breakthrough in the music business straight away with Doctor's Orders in 1975. The song was originally recorded by singer Sunny just a few months earlier . This version had reached number 7 in the UK. Douglas reached number 11 in the USA, but also number 1 in the disco and 9th in the R&B charts. The recording is counted among the earliest disco songs ever and has sold over a million copies.
Douglas remained a one-hit wonder in the pop charts , and the singer achieved further success in the disco hit lists. There you get other hits with Headline News , A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite (1975), Midnight Love Affair (1976, also number 1), I Wanna Stay With You (1977) and Burnin ' (1978). Her covers of ABBA's Dancing Queen (1977) and Bee Gees ' Night Fever (1978) were also popular. The decline in interest in disco music in the early 1980s also slowly waned Douglas' fame as a singer.
Like countless recordings by other disco artists from the 1970s, Douglas was sampled again and again. For example, the rapper Nas took over parts of the song We Do It (1977) for Remember the Times (2004).
Carol Douglas is a cousin of Sam Cooke .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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 DE
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 UK
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 US
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| 1975 | The album | - | - |
US177 (3 weeks) US |
First published: 1975
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| 1976 | Midnight Love Affair | - | - |
US188 (6 weeks) US |
First published: 1976
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| 1977 | Full bloom | - | - |
US139 (10 weeks) US |
First published: 1977
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more publishments
- 1978: Burnin '
- 1979: Come into My Life
- 1980: The Best of
- 1981: Satin and Smoke: The Best of
- 1983: Love Zone
- 1989: Greatest Hits
- 1995: Doctor's Orders: The Best of
- 1999: Disco Queen: Greatest Hits
- 2011: Hits Anthology
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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UK
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US
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| 1974 | Doctor's Orders The Album |
DE37 (1 week) DE |
- |
US11 (16 weeks) US |
First published: November 1974
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| 1975 | A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite The Album |
- | - |
US81 (2 weeks) US |
First published: April 1975
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| 1978 | Night fever burnin ' |
- |
UK66 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 1978
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography at Taurus Press
- ^ News about the single, Jet Magazine, June 19, 1975
- ↑ BIllboard hits, Allmusic
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
Web links
- Carol Douglas at Allmusic (English)
- Carol Douglas at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Douglas, Carol |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strickland, Carol (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soul and disco singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York , United States |