Carol Douglas

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Carol Douglas (b. April 7, 1948 in Brooklyn New York) was a member of The Chantels in the early 1970s and then went on to score several solo hits. She is probably best known for her disco hit "Doctor's Orders," which hit #11 on the Hot 100 and #2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in 1974-1975. In 1976 she hit #1 on the Dance Chart with "Midnight Love Affair" / "Crime Don't Pay" and she continued to place singles on this chart until 1982. The single also made the #96 position in Cashbox's Top 100 chart, but Douglas had only one other single make the Billboard Hot 100, "A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite" (#81 in April, 1975).

Although not internationally famous, she did release a one-off single in the UK in 1978, which was a cover of The Bee Gee's #1 hit single, "Night Fever", released earlier on in the year. Carol Douglas' cover was an instant flop and only reached #66 in the UK.

Douglas made an appearance on The People's Court (with Judge Marilyn Milian) in 2003 as the plaintiff in a case involving her and fellow disco diva Sharon Brown ("I Specialize In Love"). In addition to awarding Douglas some (not all) of the money she was requesting, Milian had Douglas sing a brief snippet of "Doctor's Orders."

Douglas is not to be confused with (and is no relation to) Carl Douglas, a fellow pop one-hit wonder whose famous single "Kung Fu Fighting" was in the Billboard Hot 100 at about the same time as Carol Douglas's "Doctor's Orders".