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Doctor's Orders by Carol Douglas

Artist Biography For Carol Douglas

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" 1974 And "Midnight Love Affair" 1976 . Douglas Comes From A Musical Family Background Her Mother Being Blues And Jazz Singer Minnie Newsome And Her Cousin Soul Legend Sam Cooke. After A Few Years As An Actress Douglas Decided To Concentrate On Her Music Career And In The Early 1970s 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 Hit Reaching #2 On Billboard Magazine's Disco Chart #9 R&B And #11 On The Billboard Hot 100. 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 Second Album Midnight Love Affair. The Single Also Reached The #96 Spot On Cash Box Magazine'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. "So You Win Again" Was Arranged By Michael Zager Whose Presence On Douglas' 1978 Album Release Burnin' Resulted In A Critical If Not Commercial Upswing. Burnin' Also Featured Douglas' Version Of The Bee Gees' "Night Fever" - Not A Zager Arrangement - Which Became Douglas' Only Entry In The UK Singles Chart At #66. Douglas' 1979 Album Come Into My Life Was An Obvious Bid To Re-Charge Her Club Popularity Only Six Tracks Long With Production By Greg Carmichael Who Had Enjoyed Several Disco Hits With Studio Groups But The Single "I Got The Answer" Was Only A Mild Club Success. Although She Did Not Appear In The Disco Themed Movie Saturday Night Fever Douglas Was Enough Of A Disco Star That Her Name Appears On The Marquee Of The Disco Featured In The Movie. Even Though Douglas Would Go On To Chart Over A Half-Dozen Other Hits On The U.S. Disco Chart None Of Them Would Reach The Success On The Mainstream Pop Charts Like "Doctor's Orders".In 1981 Douglas' Cover Of The Three Degrees' "My Simple Heart" Was Released On 20th Century Records As By Then The Midland International Aka Midsong Was Defunct. "My Simple Heart" Was Also Douglas' Debut On Carrere Records Based In Paris Where Douglas Lived For A Time In The Early 1980s Carrère Handled Douglas' European Releases While In The US Douglas Was Signed To O'Loughlin's Next Plateau Label. Her Last Album To Date 'I Got Your Body' Renamed 'Love Zone' In The US And Canada Was Released In 1983 Including Her Latest Four 12" Singles From 1981 To 1983 "My Simple Heart" "You're Not So Hot" "I Got Your Body" And "Got Ya Where I Want Ya". The Cut "You're Not So Hot" Reached #71 In France 1982 . The Retro-Boom Of The 1990s Put Douglas 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. During This Period She Also Re-Recorded A Number Of Her Hits Which Were Also Released.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Doctor's Orders

The American Version Of "Doctor's Orders" Was Recorded For Midland International Who Ran An Ad In Showbiz Magazine Specifically To Recruit A Singer To Cover Sunny's UK Hit For The US Market The Successful Applicant Carol Douglas Was A Veteran Performer Who Had Remained An Unknown Recording Artist. Douglas Recalled When She First Auditioned She Was Told "I Sounded Great But Too Black. The Track's Producers Wanted To Capture My More Melodic Pop/commercial Tones Which Undeniably Made Me Sound White On The Radio." Douglas' Version Recorded At Groove Sound Studio In New York City Was Produced By Meco Monardo But Because Of Contractual Complications The Production Credit Was Assigned To Midland International Vice-President Ed O'Loughlin. One Of The Players On The Session Was Guitarist Jerry Friedman Who According To Monardo Invented The "bubble Guitar" Effect Of "playing On A Single Muffled Note" Which Would Become A Trademark Of Disco Music As Did The "gallop" Effect Provided By Carlos Martin Pounding The Conga With His Fists. In The Autumn Of 1974 Midland International Issued Test Pressings Of Douglas' "Doctor's Orders" To New York City Discos Where The Positive Response Led To The Track's Rush Release That November With 100 000 Units Being Sold The First Week — Mostly In The New York City Area — And Sales Of 200 000 Reported By 30 November 1974 The Date Of The Billboard Hot 100 Chart On Which Douglas' Single Debuted At #79 To Debut On The Top 40 That December On Its Way To A #11 Peak #9 R&B In February 1975. "Doctor's Orders Also Reached #2 On The Disco Chart Which Billboard Had Recently Launched. The Song Also Reached The Easy Listening Chart At #42. The Eventual U.S. Sales Tally For "Doctor's Orders" Was Cited As 900 000 Units — 300 000 In The New York City Area. Also In February 1975 Douglas' "Doctor's Orders" Hit #1 In Canada's RPM And #4 In France. The UK Success Of The Sunny Original Did Not Preclude A January 1975 UK Release Of Douglas' Version This Was Not A Success But "Doctor's Orders" Would Afford Douglas A Top Ten Hit In Italy #8 New Zealand #6 And Spain #2 With Her Version Also Charting In Australia #31 Belgium And Germany #37 . In June 1975 Midland International Reported That Global Sales Of The Carol Douglas Single "Doctor's Orders" Totaled One Million Units.

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