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Carol Douglas (b. April 7, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an actress and singer who is best known for her Disco hits Doctor's Orders (1975) and Midnight Love Affair (1976). Carol comes from a musical family background, her mother being blues and jazz singer Minnie Newsome and her cousin, soul legend, Sam Cooke. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
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Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
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Early life and acting career
At the age of 10 Carol was a contestant and winner on the game show Name That Tune. She attended The Willard May School for professional children and afterwards the Quintanos High School for young professionals alongside Gregory Hines, Bernadette Peters, Carol Lynley and Patty Duke. She started her professional show business career as an actress in the 60's, doing TV commercials for Ideal Toys and General Mills and small film and TV roles, including an appearance on The Patty Duke Show, before venturing into theatre work. The first play Carol appeared in was One Tuesday Morning with actress Clarice Taylor. She then served as an understudy for actress Jonelle Allen in the off-Broadway production of The Life of Mary McCloud Bethune. She also co-starred with James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the play Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. Name That Tune was a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. ...
Gregory Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. ...
Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American Tony Award-winning actress and singer. ...
Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. ...
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Music career After a few years as an actress Carol decided to concentrate on her music career and in the early 1970's she landed the role of lead singer for the reformed soul group The Chantels. She toured the U.S. with the group for a while before receiving a record contract with Midland International Records in 1974 as a solo act. The first single released under the label, Doctor's Orders, became a huge hit, reaching #2 on Billboard's Disco chart, #9 R&B and #11 on the Pop charts. The follow up single A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite became a minor hit, reaching #81 on Billboard's Hot 100. In 1976 she hit #1 on the Disco chart with Midnight Love Affair / Crime Don't Pay, both from her 2nd album Midnight Love Affair. The single also reached the #96 spot on Cashbox's top 100 chart. The following year she recorded the track You Make Me Feel The Music for the soundtrack to the 1977 motion picture The Haunted. Although not internationally famous, in 1978 she release a cover version of the Bee Gees #1 hit, Night Fever, which became a minor hit for Carol in the UK, reaching #66 on the chart. Even though Carol would go on to chart over 1/2 dozen other hits on the Disco chart, none of them would reach the success on the mainstream pop charts like Doctor's Orders. By the early 80's the Disco backlash was in full bloom. So after releasing her 6th album, Love Zone in 1983, Carol decided to lay low for a while, only releasing sporadic 12" singles throughout the rest of the decade. The Chantels were the first black female group to have nationwide success. ...
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Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ...
Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ...
Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
Cash Box magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industry. ...
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The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. ...
Night Fever, a song performed by The Bee Gees, was one of several cuts by the trio on the soundtrack to the movie Saturday Night Fever, and the albums third hit single (after How Deep Is Your Love and Stayin Alive). In the United States, Night Fever was the...
Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
Career Resurgence However, by the early-to-mid 90's anything and everything retro Disco was in high demand and Carol found herself back on the road touring and making personal appearances at a number of special events including the Martin Luther King Concert Series, Beatstock '97, Saturday Night Fever 20th Anniversary Reunion and the Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony. In 2003 she returned to the recording studio when she was invited to sing backing vocals on Wanda Dee's Goddess Is Here! CD. Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
The Dance Music Hall of Fame was created in 2004 by music industry veteran Daniel Glass to honor the creators and innovators of dance music. ...
In the UK, The KLF and their incarnations released an array of 12 singles and albums on their own independent record label KLF Communications. ...
Douglas made an appearance on The People's Court (with Judge Marilyn Milian) in 2003 as the plaintiff in a case involving her and fellow disco diva Sharon Brown (I Specialize In Love). In addition to awarding Douglas some (not all) of the money she was requesting, Milian had Douglas sing a brief snippet of "Doctor's Orders". Judge Joseph Wapner, who presided over cases from 1981 to 1993. ...
Judge Marilyn Milian, the current judge of The Peoples Court, has presided over cases since 2001. ...
Douglas is not to be confused with (and is no relation to) Carl Douglas, a fellow pop one-hit wonder whose famous single Kung Fu Fighting was in the Billboard Hot 100 at about the same time as Carol Douglas's "Doctor's Orders". Carl Douglas is a Jamaican-born singer, most famous for the one-hit wonder Kung Fu Fighting, which hit #1 in the Billboard charts in 1974. ...
UK 45 rpm single for Mickey (1982) by one-hit wonder Toni Basil CD single of the Baha Mens Who Let the Dogs Out? In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single. ...
Kung Fu Fighting is a song performed by Carl Douglas. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
Singles/Chart Peack Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Dancing Queen is the biggest hit single recorded by Swedish group ABBA, and as such is considered to be their signature song. ...
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Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...
Night Fever, a song performed by The Bee Gees, was one of several cuts by the trio on the soundtrack to the movie Saturday Night Fever, and the albums third hit single (after How Deep Is Your Love and Stayin Alive). In the United States, Night Fever was the...
Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...
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Next Plateau Records is an American record label formed in the early 1980s. ...
External links - Carol Douglas vs. Sharon Brown on The People's Court (YouTube)
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