{"name":"Carl Douglas","title":"Carl Douglas","id":692,"slug":"carl-douglas","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/692/?format=json","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 &quot;<a title=\"Carl Douglas &ndash; Crazy Feeling\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Crazy+Feeling\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Crazy Feeling</a>&quot; that went to #21. He is most famous for his song &quot;<a title=\"Carl Douglas &ndash; Kung Fu Fighting\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Kung+Fu+Fighting\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Kung Fu Fighting</a>&quot;, 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  &quot;<a title=\"Carl Douglas &ndash; Dance The Kung Fu\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Dance+The+Kung+Fu\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Dance The Kung Fu</a>&quot; and &quot;<a title=\"Carl Douglas &ndash; Run Back\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Douglas/_/Run+Back\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Run Back</a>&quot;, but the fame of his homage to martial arts films overshadowed the rest of the singer's career.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/CarlDouglaspng.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1071,"title":"Kung Fu Fighting","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/kung-fu-fighting/"}]}