Which record by Carl Douglas was Number One in 1974?
"and this was the third disco song to hit number one; ""TSOP"" was written as the theme song for ""Soul Train"". The Hues Corporation's 1974 ""Rock the Boat"", a US number-one single and million-seller, was one of the early disco songs to reach number one. The same year saw the release of ""Kung Fu Fighting"", performed by Carl Douglas and produced by Biddu, which reached number one in both the UK and US, and became the best-selling single of the year and one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold worldwide, helping to popularize disco"
"A-side. Soon after release in 1974, ""Kung Fu Fighting"" became a worldwide hit, topping charts around the world, ultimately selling eleven million copies worldwide. In 1974, it received a Gold certification from the RIAA, and won the Grammy Award for Best Selling Single. Shortly after, Biddu also produced Carl Douglas' debut album ""Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs"", which produced another major hit, ""Dance The Kung Fu"". He soon established himself as one of the key figures in Britain's soul and disco scenes during the 1970s, working with a variety of British soul and disco artists, including Tina"
"the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on which Douglas' single debuted at number 79 to debut on the Top 40 that December on its way to a number 11 peak (9 R&B) in February 1975. ""Doctor's Orders"" also reached number 2 on the disco chart which ""Billboard"" had recently launched. 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 number 1 on Canada's ""RPM"" chart and number 4 in France. The UK success of the Sunny original did not preclude a"
"Kung Fu Fighting ""Kung Fu Fighting"" is a disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, with production by British-Indian musician Biddu. It was released as a single in 1974 on the cusp of a chopsocky film craze and rose to the top of the British, Australian and American charts, in addition to reaching the top of the Soul Singles chart. It received a Gold certification from the RIAA in 1974 and popularized disco music. It eventually went on to sell eleven million records worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. The song uses the quintessential Oriental"
"to England where he would start his career as a producer. He eventually found some success producing a hit song for Japanese band The Tigers in 1969, scoring the soundtrack for 1972 British film ""Embassy"", and producing several early disco songs that would find a niche audience in British northern soul clubs during the early 1970s. His international breakthrough came in 1974 with ""Kung Fu Fighting"" performed by Carl Douglas; the song became one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold, helped popularise disco music, was the first worldwide disco hit from Britain and Europe,"
"a streak of seven consecutive U.S. number-one albums. The album reached number two in the UK, and spawned the hit singles ""Rocket Man"" and ""Honky Cat"". The pop album ""Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"" came out at the start of 1973 and reached number one in the UK, the U.S. and Australia, among other countries. The album produced the hits ""Crocodile Rock"", his first US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number one, and ""Daniel"", which reached number two in the U.S. and number four in the UK. Both the album and ""Crocodile Rock"" were the first album and single,"
"in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Charles' big break came soon after in 1975, when Indian-British composer/producer Biddu, who had just enjoyed massive success worldwide with the disco hit ""Kung Fu Fighting"" for Carl Douglas, produced the singles ""You Set My Heart on Fire"" and ""I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"" for her. The latter single spent three weeks at number one on the UK chart in March 1976, and was a major hit around the world. It won a Juno Award in 1977. Biddu's collaboration continued on a future album and another song hit: ""Dance Little"
"Ten at #11. Carlton's version remains an airplay favorite on American oldies radio stations. According to Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), the 1974 Carl Carlton version has been played more than 4 million times. One of the earliest Pop hits to crossover from disco airplay, Carlton's ""Everlasting Love"" is a staple of disco compilations, including the second installment of the ""Pure Disco"" CD compilation series. ""Everlasting Love"" reached the Top 40 for the third time in the summer of 1981 via a duet version cut by Rex Smith and Rachel Sweet; this version features revised lyrics including an additional verse of"
"the UK singles chart. These versions were not well received by the Northern soul community as their success brought wider awareness to the subculture. The first domestic disco hit, ""Kung Fu Fighting"" (UK No. 1, 1974), which was created by singer Carl Douglas and producer Biddu in Britain, was influenced by the Northern Soul scene. In 2000, Wigan Casino DJ Kev Roberts compiled ""The Northern Soul Top 500"", which was based on a survey of Northern soul fans. The top ten songs were: ""Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)"" by Frank Wilson, ""Out on the Floor"" by Dobie Gray,"
"Date Records subsidiary. However, despite their popularity in Europe, none of the Love Affair's singles charted in the US. The most successful US release of ""Everlasting Love"" was by Carl Carlton, which reached the Top Ten on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1974. The track features a distinctive countermelody running through most of the song consisting of background vocal harmonies. Brenda Russell is among the background vocalists. Carlton had recorded ""Everlasting Love"" in October 1973 at the Berry Hill (Tenn) studio Creative Workshop, which was owned by Buzz Cason; however, Cason was not involved in the recording by Carlton, the"
"""Midnight Love Affair"" and in 1977 by ""Full Bloom"". Monardo's special expertise was missing in the production of her post-""Doctor's Orders"" tracks which maintained her as a popular club presence with negligible mainstream popularity; the follow-up single to ""Doctor's Orders"", ""A Hurricane is Coming Tonite"", became her only other Hot 100 entry peaking at #81 in April 1975. Douglas hit #1 on the disco chart with ""Midnight Love Affair""; the song did appear on the Top 100 chart in ""Cash Box"" magazine but only via a cover by Tony Orlando and Dawn which reached #94. (In France, Douglas's version reached"
"Carol Douglas Carol Douglas (born April 7, 1948) is an American singer whose hit ""Doctor's Orders"" (1974) was a pioneering track in the disco genre. Carol Douglas was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. She is the daughter of Minnie Newsome, a jazz performer who has been cited as the inspiration for the Cab Calloway classic ""Minnie the Moocher""; her father was a mortician. Sam Cooke was her cousin. At 10, Douglas was a contestant and winner on the game show ""Name That Tune"" and says """"Ebony"" followed my career for the next three years."" She attended the Willard"
"This way, Bus Stop was able to bring back many old hits to the charts with new catchy arrangements and revved up tunes and mixes. On many recordings, Daz Sampson, the main vocalist of the band, would add some rap sequences as well. Starting in 1998, Bus Stop had a string of hits and are best known for their very successful 1998 single ""Kung Fu Fighting"", the original being a UK #1 hit in 1974. Bus Stop's remake of the original song featuring the vocals of the original artist himself Carl Douglas. The sampled song added original rap lyrics, a"
"Jerry. Aiming much more for the teen market, partly a response to the Osmonds were The Rubettes and The Bay City Rollers. British soul and disco enjoyed mainstream popularity during this era, with artists such as Biddu, Carl Douglas, Tina Charles, and Jimmy James. The 1974 hit ""Kung Fu Fighting"" (by Carl Douglas and Biddu) in particular sold eleven million records worldwide. Largely vocal-based groups included the New Seekers, Brotherhood of Man, the last of these designed as a British answer to ABBA. In addition there were the rock and roll revivalists Showaddywaddy, Mud and Alvin Stardust. Individuals who enjoyed"
"a hit, reaching #2 on ""the Billboard"" disco chart, #9 R&B, and #11 on the Hot 100; the single also reached #4 in France. Although O'Loughlin was credited as ""Doctor's Orders"" producer the production had in fact been by Meco Monardo who was also responsible for Gloria Gaynor's ""Never Can Say Goodbye"" which had ascended the pop chart at around the same time as ""Doctor's Orders""; claims have been made for each single to be the hit that broke disco into the Top 40. She made her album debut in 1975 with ""The Carol Douglas Album"", followed in 1976 by"
"Rob Davis (musician) Rob Davis (born Robert Berkeley Davis, 1 October 1947, Carshalton, Surrey, England) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist of the 1970s glam rock band Mud, who achieved the biggest selling Number One record of 1974 in the United Kingdom, with their song ""Tiger Feet"". After the band's eventual demise in 1977, Davis worked with several other groups, including The Tremeloes and Darts, but his efforts met with little commercial return. He later turned his attention to songwriting, initially writing club tracks for Coco Star with the song ""I Need A Miracle"" and Jan"
"B-3 organ. NOTE: All albums are available in CD format Paul Davis (singer) Paul Lavon Davis (April 21, 1948 – April 22, 2008) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country, and pop. His most successful songs are 1977's ""I Go Crazy"", a #7 pop hit which once held the record for the longest chart run on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and 1982's ""'65 Love Affair"", which at #6 is his highest-charting single. In the mid-1980s, he also had two country #1 hits"
"top on 21 September, where it would remain for three weeks. It was then released in the United States, where it quickly topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. The single went on to sell eleven million records worldwide. British dance act Bus Stop reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart with their 1998 remix single of ""Kung Fu Fighting"", which sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas and added rap verses. In Australia, the single received a gold certification from the ARIA. Kung Fu Fighting ""Kung Fu Fighting"" is a disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, with production"
"lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. A recording by Kay Kyser (vocal by Mike Douglas and Campus Kids) was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 37095. It first reached the ""Billboard"" Best Seller chart on November 22, 1946, and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at number three. A recording by Hal Derwin was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 288. It first reached the ""Billboard"" Best Seller chart on December 6, 1946, and lasted two weeks on the chart, peaking at number six. This was Derwin's only charted hit. In 1960, the"
"peaking at number four. The Sinatra recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38708. The record first reached the ""Billboard"" charts on March 10, 1950, and lasted one week on the chart, at number 24. The Harris recording was released by RCA Victor Records as a 78rpm single (catalog number 20-3692) and a 45rpm single (catalog number 47-3216). The record first reached the ""Billboard"" charts on March 17, 1950, and lasted two weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 26. The Darnel recording was released by Coral Records as catalog number 60147. The record first reached the ""Billboard"""
"January 1975 UK release of Douglas' version: this was not a success, but ""Doctor's Orders"" would afford Douglas a top ten hit in Belgium (#10 in Flanders), Italy (#8), New Zealand (#6) and Spain (#2), with her version also charting in Australia (#31) and Germany (#37). In June 1975, Midland International reported that global sales of the Carol Douglas single ""Doctor's Orders"" totaled one million units. Doctor's Orders (song) ""Doctor's Orders"" is a song written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens which in 1974 was a hit in the UK for Sunny of Sue and Sunny; in the"
"sang ""Where Seagulls Fly"", the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. anthem released for their appearance in the 1983 FA Cup Final. § – Credited to Johnny Wakelin and The Kinshasa Band Johnny Wakelin Johnny Wakelin (born 1939 in Brighton, East Sussex, England) is an English recording artist with the Pye Records label. He had his first outings in clubs in his hometown but without big success. Discovered by Pye record producer Robin Blanchflower, the man who launched Carl Douglas to the top of the UK Singles Chart with ""Kung Fu Fighting"", and working with Steve Elson and Keith Rossiter in"
"number of Terrys around at the time and not many Craigs, and that was one of the reasons his name was changed. Voted 'Best New Singer' in 1959 in the British music magazine, ""NME"", Douglas went on to record eight cover versions of former American hit songs, in his total of nine Top 40 UK singles. Amongst that tally, Douglas had a Number One single in 1959 with ""Only Sixteen"", which easily outsold Sam Cooke's original version in the UK. It was recorded at EMI's Abbey Road studios, with whistling by Mike Sammes, and released through Top Rank records. Douglas"
"title is credited to the mix of influences that made Russell's unique musical style. After touring with Willie Nelson, Russell and Nelson in 1979 had a #1 hit on ""Billboard""s country music chart with their duet of ""Heartbreak Hotel"". This single was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group at the 1979 Grammy Awards (presented on February 27, 1980), with the award going to the Charlie Daniels Band for ""The Devil Went Down to Georgia"". They also released their duet country pop-rock studio album, ""One for the Road"", that year. It was Russell's fifth gold album."
"December 1977, with the track ""Love Express"" as a B-side. An unexpected smash hit, the single reached number one on the disco chart and crossed over to the Soul Singles chart, where it peaked at number 15, and to the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where it peaked at number 36. In Europe, the single reached the top 10 in several countries, including the UK, Ireland and France. It eventually sold five million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Recognizable by both its vocal hooks and its classical section, which is featured in the middle of"
"UK Albums Chart. The band's more popular songs during the early 1970s include ""Paper Plane"" (no 42 in the German music chart) (1972), ""Caroline"" (no 36 in the German music chart) (1973), ""Down Down"" (no 14 in the Austrian music chart) (1975), ""Rain"" (no 27 in the German music chart) (1976), ""Rockin' All Over the World"" (No 29 in the New Zealand music chart) (1977) and ""Whatever You Want"" (no 24 in the Australian Music Chart) (1979). ""Down Down"" topped the UK Singles Chart in January 1975, becoming their only UK number one single to date. In 1976, they signed"
"Number One. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit ""Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog,"" then recognized as the longest-running Number One of the rock era, spent eleven weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956, before the 1958 debut of the Hot 100. The previous Hot 100 record was held by Percy Faith's recording of ""Theme from ""A Summer Place"""" (1960) and The Beatles's ""Hey Jude"" (1968), both of which remained at #1 for nine weeks.) The ten-week record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton-John's ""Physical,"" but never surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer"
"""Can I Change My Mind"" and ""Turn Back the Hands of Time,"" and also found success with Hamilton Bohannon. When the Dakar label folded in 1976, Davis formed Chi Sound Records, continuing to find success with Walter Jackson and having a major hit single in 1978 with Gene Chandler's ""Get Down"". After a distribution deal with 20th Century Records ended in 1981, Davis used independent distribution for two years before closing Chi Sound down. The company had a brief revival in 1989-90, before re-opening in 2007 and remained active until Davis' death. On February 11, 2013, Carl Davis was honored"
"second consecutive single to top the Billboard's R&B Singles Chart, holding the number one position for three weeks, and just missed becoming his second straight #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, peaking at number two for two straight weeks, behind Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks. However, it was his second #1 single on the Cash Box Top 100 chart. It was a Top 40 hit in Britain as well, making #39 on the UK Charts. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the #30 Pop single of 1974. Boogie Down ""Boogie Down"" is a 1973 song recorded by Eddie Kendricks"
"album revived the Stars on 45 formula of stringing together the recreated songs with an original chorus written by Eggermont and musical arranger Martin Duiser it was not set to a disco beat but had arrangements fairly true to Sinatra's original recordings, featuring a jazz ensemble with live strings and brass. The title track single ""Stars on Frankie"" became another Top 20 hit in the Netherlands, reaching #16 on the chart, and the album itself was also a modest commercial success, peaking at #59 and was also released in the rest of Continental Europe, Scandinavia and Japan. Douglas has since"
"Paul Davis (singer) Paul Lavon Davis (April 21, 1948 – April 22, 2008) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country, and pop. His most successful songs are 1977's ""I Go Crazy"", a #7 pop hit which once held the record for the longest chart run on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and 1982's ""'65 Love Affair"", which at #6 is his highest-charting single. In the mid-1980s, he also had two country #1 hits as a guest vocalist on songs by Marie Osmond and"
"earned positive reviews, with Billboard Magazine awarding it Special Merit Spotlight status and reached #107 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Chart In 1972, Biddu scored music for the UK spy thriller ""Embassy"". Around this time, he also started working with UK-based Jamaican-born musician Carl Douglas on a 45 (rpm record) single ""I Want to Give you my Everything"". While this song was intended for the A side, they cut a song for the B side, ""Kung Fu Fighting"", in just 10 minutes. Later, at the insistence of A & R at Pye Records, ""Kung Fu Fighting"" was put on the"
"""Black Day in July"" about the 1967 Detroit riot, brought him wide recognition in the 1960s. Canadian chart success with his own recordings began in 1962 with the No. 3 hit Me) I'm the One"", followed by recognition and charting abroad in the 1970s. His topped the US Hot 100 and/or AC chart with the hits ""If You Could Read My Mind"" (1970), ""Sundown"" (1974); ""Carefree Highway"" (1974), ""Rainy Day People (1975), and ""The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared within the top 40. Several of his albums achieved gold and multi-platinum status"