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"name": "Carl Douglas",
"title": "Carl Douglas",
"id": 692,
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"bio_short": "Carl Douglas (born Oct 10th 1942) is a Jamaican-born singer, who first hit the U.K charts in 1964 with the single "<a title=\"Carl Douglas – Crazy Feeling\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Crazy+Feeling\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Crazy Feeling</a>" that went to #21. He is most famous for his song "<a title=\"Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Kung+Fu+Fighting\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Kung Fu Fighting</a>", which hit number one on both the US Billboard Chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1974. In the wake of his #1, Douglas released other hit tracks including "<a title=\"Carl Douglas – Dance The Kung Fu\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Dance+The+Kung+Fu\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Dance The Kung Fu</a>" and "<a title=\"Carl Douglas – Run Back\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Run+Back\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Run Back</a>", but the fame of his homage to martial arts films overshadowed the rest of the singer's career.",
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"songs": [
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"id": 1071,
"title": "Kung Fu Fighting",
"url": "https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/kung-fu-fighting/"
}
]
}