Portrait of Carl Douglas, Jamaican singer, born on Sunday 10 May 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica
Carl Douglas
🇯🇲 Jamaican-British singer (born 1942)
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Everybody was Kung Fu fighting Those cats were fast as lightning In fact, it was a little bit frightening But they fought with expert timing
Kung Fu Fighting
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Carl Douglas got the idea for "Kung Fu Fighting" after seeing kids shadow-boxing to pinball machine music, thinking, "It looks like everyone is kung fu fighting." The song came to him fully formed.
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting …
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#CarlDouglas, #HelenReddy, #HarryChapin, #TheThreeDegrees, and more: A playlist of 15 songs that reached their peak chart position in December 1974. #70sMusic #1970sMusic
open.spotify.com/playlist/68M...
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7 December 1974, Carl Douglas started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Kung Fu Fighting'. The song was recorded in 10 minutes and had started out as a B-side. It went on to sell over 10 million copies and became one of the best selling singles of all time. #CarlDouglas
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This Week On The Chart 12/2/1974: “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas rockets to #1. The song was originally to be released as the B-side to “I Want to Give You My Everything”. #CarlDouglas #KungFu #RockHonorRoll
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#Interestingly “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas spent 2 weeks atop the #Billboard #Top40 before being knocked out of the top spot… by Harry Chapin’s “Cats In The Cradle.” #HarryChapin #CarlDouglas #OneHitWondered
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#QuickSidenote “Dance The Kung Fu,” the follow-up by Carl Douglas, almost took away his US #OneHitWonder honors… it peaked at #48 on the US #Billboard Hot 100, just outside of the #Top40. #CarlDouglas #OneHitWondered
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#Interestingly 1974’s kung-fu film-influenced lyrics of Carl Douglas met Biddu’s disco-inspired production… and made a dance-floor magnet. Club play lit the fuse before radio caught on… Musically, it’s a lil’ kitsch and sort-of novelty, but it conquered the World in ‘74. #CarlDouglas #OneHitWondered
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#Interestingly Carl Douglas (born in Kingston, Jamaica; raised between Jamaica, the US, & later London) was a journeyman soul singer through the ’60s, fronting groups like the Big Stampede… Their single “Crazy Feeling,” re-released in 1966, peaked at #21 in the UK. #CarlDouglas #OneHitWondered
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GillesPeterson
Carl Douglas:
🎵 Around The Corner
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▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
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—>> KUNG FU FIGHTING <<—
- Carl Douglas -
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#Musik #Musica #Musique #MusicVideo
YT: youtu.be/bmfudW7rbG0
❌🍪YT: www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bmfudW...
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#Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Do...
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Surely,
Not everyone was Kung Fu Fighting?
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Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
21 September 1974, Carl Douglas was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Kung Fu Fighting.' The song was recorded in 10 minutes and had started out as a B-side. It went on to sell over 10 million copies and became one of the best selling singles of all time. #CarlDouglas #KungFuFighting
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A year of songs, day 219:
Although originally released in the 70s, my memories of this song comes from the remix by UK dance act Bus Stop. I remember, at a high school outwards bounds residential, lots of martial arts inspired 'dancing' to this track.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Carl Douglas:
🎵 At First
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▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
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#nowplaying #CarlDouglas #musicsky #vinyl The title track spend no less then 5 weeks at number 1 in the Dutch top 40 😊
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"Everybody is Kung Fu fighting,
Your mind becomes fast as lightning
Although the future is a little bit frightening
(Little bit frightening)
It's the book of your life that you're writing
(Life that you're writing)"
#CarlDouglas #Souvenirs #Zicography
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D0J...
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#Interestingly After 2 weeks at #1 on the US #Billboard Top Forty, Billy Swan was knocked out of the top spot by Carl Douglas during the week ending December 7, 1974. #BIllySwan #CarlDouglas #KungFuFighting #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
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Happy 83rd Birthday Carl Douglas.🥋🎼🎵🎶🎛️🎚️🎧🎙️ #HappyBirthdayCarlDouglas #CarlDouglas #Birthday #KungFuFighting
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Song of the Day May 10 2025
In honor of the birth of Carl Douglas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Do...
Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting"
youtu.be/bmfudW7rbG0?...
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