Although O'Loughlin was credited as "Doctor's Orders" producer the production had in fact been by Meco Monardo who was also responsible for Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye" which had ascended the pop chart at around the same time as "Doctor's Orders"; claims have been made for each single to be the hit that broke disco into the Top 40. She made her album debut in 1975 with "The Carol Douglas Album", followed in 1976 by "Midnight Love Affair" and in 1977 by "Full Bloom". Monardo's special expertise was missing in the production of her post-"Doctor's Orders" tracks which maintained her as a popular club presence with negligible mainstream popularity; the follow-up single to "Doctor's Orders", "A Hurricane is Coming Tonite", became her only other Hot 100 entry peaking at #81 in April 1975. Douglas hit #1 on the disco chart with "Midnight Love Affair"; the song did appear on the Top 100 chart in "Cash Box" magazine but only via a cover by Tony Orlando and Dawn which reached #94. (In France, Douglas's version reached #82.)