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Carl Douglas ~ Kung Fu Fighting 1974 Disco Purrfection Version
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Carl Douglas was born May 10, 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica. His family moved to California as a child and then to London, England for his teen years. Here he began vocal training and developed a passion for jazz music with Sam Cooke and Otis Redding as his influences. He also sang in a gospel choir on Sundays.
He was studying to be an engineer and was join his father when his friends began to encourage him to sing and try the open mike noons at London's Two I's Coffee Bar during lunch hour. This was where he was asked to join Big Stampede, an all white band except for Carl.
The band took him on in 1964 and changed the name to Carl Douglas and Big Stampede releasing "Crazy Feeeling" in 1966 on Go Records in the UK and Okeh in the US. 1967 found him releasing "Something For Nothing" and then "Sell My Soul To The Devil" followed in 1967 and was the band's last waxing. After that he toured Europe with Explosion and then Gonzales (who would go on to have a disco hit with "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" in 1979.
This is where Biddu, a producer from India was looking for a vocalist to record a song written by Larry Weiss (Rhinestone Cowboy) called "I Want To Give You My Everything" when they realized that they needed a B side. Carl already had lyrics to "Kung Fu Fighting" in hand so they recorded it in ten minutes, adding the hoos and haas to make it sound authentic like the karate chops like in the wildly popular Bruce Lee movies.
Radio basically snubbed it at first, but once the clubs embraced the song, it took off from there...where radio finally added it to their playlists and then Carl found himself on top the music heap at #1 for two weeks in 1974. This is where the record labels got confirmation that the clubs were now breaking songs too and were a force to be reckoned with.
He was studying to be an engineer and was join his father when his friends began to encourage him to sing and try the open mike noons at London's Two I's Coffee Bar during lunch hour. This was where he was asked to join Big Stampede, an all white band except for Carl.
The band took him on in 1964 and changed the name to Carl Douglas and Big Stampede releasing "Crazy Feeeling" in 1966 on Go Records in the UK and Okeh in the US. 1967 found him releasing "Something For Nothing" and then "Sell My Soul To The Devil" followed in 1967 and was the band's last waxing. After that he toured Europe with Explosion and then Gonzales (who would go on to have a disco hit with "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" in 1979.
This is where Biddu, a producer from India was looking for a vocalist to record a song written by Larry Weiss (Rhinestone Cowboy) called "I Want To Give You My Everything" when they realized that they needed a B side. Carl already had lyrics to "Kung Fu Fighting" in hand so they recorded it in ten minutes, adding the hoos and haas to make it sound authentic like the karate chops like in the wildly popular Bruce Lee movies.
Radio basically snubbed it at first, but once the clubs embraced the song, it took off from there...where radio finally added it to their playlists and then Carl found himself on top the music heap at #1 for two weeks in 1974. This is where the record labels got confirmation that the clubs were now breaking songs too and were a force to be reckoned with.
@christopherorourke6362
The first time I heard the song Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
was on my very first liberty in the Philippines on Tuesday the
26th. of November, 1974. I was in the Navy on my first Westpac
Cruise, and it was my first time in Subic Bay and the Philippines.
It was the beginning of dating women from the Philippines, the
past 40 years I have dated 9 Filipina women, I was married to one
Of them 31 years. 1/16/1975 I met my late wife in the Philippines,
we got married 4/5/1979 we stayed married till she passed away
On 3/6/2010.
was on my very first liberty in the Philippines on Tuesday the
26th. of November, 1974. I was in the Navy on my first Westpac
Cruise, and it was my first time in Subic Bay and the Philippines.
It was the beginning of dating women from the Philippines, the
past 40 years I have dated 9 Filipina women, I was married to one
Of them 31 years. 1/16/1975 I met my late wife in the Philippines,
we got married 4/5/1979 we stayed married till she passed away
On 3/6/2010.
@robertwilliamsbigrob
Bruce Lee Chuck nearest and Jackie Chan movie and
@robertwilliamsbigrob
The drunken master Kung Fu movie
@robertwilliamsbigrob
The wu tang clan
@waltercamachoberrocal2506
Un Ninja en Beverly Hill's
@jaroslavhrivalskurek6621
...co říci Demo verze.
@PerkyMcPerkypants
That one label says "CARL DOUGLAS KUNG FU FIGHTING and other great love songs" so this is a love song?! I never knew.
@slshusker
"Funky China men" lyrics would get Carl cancelled in 2024.
Word to yer Mutha'!
Word to yer Mutha'!
@bladerunner6
wait i remember Enter The Dragon right away when i hear this
@francomorales4682
Kung fu panda!
@user-te7xg9kk7w
Blue springs Coldwater springs Orange City. F. Of youth.😅
@ianbell7342
whos up for a 70s revival . so much better than some of the rubbish of today ....
