- In 1967, having achieved highest grades for theory in music, he joined the Arcadia cruise ship of P&O Cruises as its resident pianist. He spent the next few years playing between the cruise ship job and in UK clubs as well.
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sang his arrangement of East te Tarakihi from Gisborne in the first live broadcast of the new millennium, to a worldwide television audience of over a hundred million people.
- It was only when he was in the Grammar School, his talents were identified by his music teachers who guided him to take the preliminary exams at the Royal College of Music.
- Carl has completed five series as Musical Director for Television New Zealand"s "Dancing with the Stars".
- One of New Zealand's most successful musicians, Doy is probably best known for his multi-platinum selling Piano By Candlelight albums.
- He also arranged the Pope's Mass, which involved writing for two orchestras and a large voice choir.
- The seventies was the beginning of his career as a very popular writer and arranger of music for thousands of radio and television programs over the next decade or so. The most significant work at that time was the Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth II.
- In 1971, he was appointed the Musical Director aboard the Ocean Monarch cruise ship, which was one of the pioneers to have a full entertainment unit aboard.
- At 18 years of age, he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music and studied piano, organ and composition there for two years.
- His immense success in popular commercial music scene started in late 1980s with the introduction of the best selling Piano by Candlelight sequel. It all started when Doy met Auckland record producer Murray Thom at an Auckland hotel in 1987. Thom heard something he knew would be a winner; Doy playing different kind of lounge music in the foyer and the two got talking. Within months Doy's first Piano by Candlelight album was released. It was a big breakthrough for Doy and they decided to record an album with some popular music/songs in CD format. This was beginning of the ever popular Piano By Candlelight series, which made its entry to the NZ charts at number one in its first week. It was also one of the best selling albums ever by a NZ artist, selling in excess of one million copies in the US alone, and giving Carl the distinction of being the only New Zealand solo artist up until that time (1992) to have a certified platinum album in the US.
- Doy is a patron of the National Youth Theatre Company of New Zealand (NYTC).
- Doy was also the music director/arranger of a series of CD albums created by another successful musician, NZ guitarist Martin Winch. One such album, "Espresso Guitar" released in 1998 has sold more than 100,000 copies in New Zealand alone.
- He drew an interest in music as early as six years of age after he fell in love with his grandmother's piano. Although he did not have a formal music education at that time, he had a natural gift for playing by ear, which he then used to play popular songs of the day.
- In 1992 he received the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Incorporated, the highest honour available to a New Zealand variety entertainer.
- Carl is New Zealand"s only American platinum selling solo musician.
- After few years of work on cruise ships at the sea, Doy decided to settle down to pursue his musical career in a different domain. That resulted in him moving to New Zealand in 1973 with wife Kathy. He started work at Television New Zealand, where he got himself established quickly as a session pianist and arranger.
- In the 2009 Queen"s Birthday Honours he was awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
- He is a producer and conductor and plays piano and keyboards.
- He had the opportunity to play and tour with a variety of visiting artists such as Shirley Bassey and The Seek.
- Carl Doy is a British-born New Zealand pianist, composer and arranger.
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