Douglas Burnett Gibbs is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and session musician, who had a hit on the Billboard soul chart in 1972 with "I'll Always Have You There". He had also done work with Little Richard, Billy Preston and Chuck Jackson. A song he co-composed with Ralph Johnson has been sampled by Jay-Z for his hit "Song Cry".

Gibbs had various roles on the Ray Ruff produced Christian rock opera album Truth of Truths, which was released on the Oak label in 1971.^[1] Also that year Billy Preston's album, I Wrote a Simple Song was released. He was one of the background vocalists.^[2]

In 1972, his single "I'll Always Have You There" bw "Cloudy Day" was released on Oak OR-108. Both sides were co-written by himself and Bruce Fisher. The producer was Ernie Freeman.^[3] In the September 2, 1972 issue of Billboard Magazine, it was reported that his single was getting heavy airplay in Chicago and San Francisco.^[4] On September 9, it had entered the chart at #37.^[5] Now at its fifth week in the Billboard charts, the song finally peaked at #25 on October 7, 1972.^[6][7] It entered the Cashbox R&B Top 60 at 45 on September 23.^[8] On October 14, it was at #32, just behind "One Life to Live" by The Manhattans.^[9] He appeared on Soul Train in an episode that aired on November 11, 1972. Other guests on the show were Friends of Distinction, The Persuaders and actor William Marshall.^[10]

He contributed to Chuck Jackson's Through All Times album which was released on ABC in 1973. As well as background vocals, he co-wrote "Through All Times" with Bob Siller.^[11] The same year, Genie Brown's album A Woman Alone was released on the Dunhill label. Two of his compositions, "Wrapped In Love" and "You And Me" appeared on the album.^[12][13]

Gibbs contributed heavily to Bobby Glenn's 1976 album Shout It Out which was released on Koala KST-5004 in 1976. In addition to co-producing and co-arranging the album, he composed "Morning Song" and co-composed six others. he also played piano, electric piano, and clavinet on the recordings.^[14] Years later, a song from the album "Sounds Like a Love Song", which he and Ralph Johnson wrote,^[15] would be sampled by Jay-Z for his hit "Song Cry".^[16]

Gibbs is the CEO of Chitty Chitty Music.^[17][18]