John G. Doulou, a connoisseur of rare phonograph records, died Wednesday (June 10, 1992) at University General Hospital, Seminole. He was 62. He died of complications after surgery, his wife, Stella, said Friday. A retired restaurateur, he turned in recent years to near full-time devotion to the recording hobby he had followed since his boyhood in Warren, Ohio. Specializing in the period between 1900 and 1950, Mr. Doulou kept his collection pared to a conservative 10,000 records, he disclosed in a 1988 interview. His collection included the first recording by Al Jolson at age 11 and the only record by Rudolph Valentino. The love song, sung in Spanish, never was released because of the silent-movie star's death soon after the recording was made. Mr. Doulou also owned some of the old-fashioned cylinders used by the likes of the renowned Billy Murray, singing in 1912 the first recorded version of Casey Jones. Mr. Doulou recently had formed a Billy Murray Fan Club, comprising 50 members, and had written a book on the singer, whose era stretched from 1900 to 1920, said Mr. Doulou's son Demos, of Pinellas Park. John Gust Doulou was born in Canonsburg, Pa., and came here in 1966 from Warren, where he worked with his storekeeper parents. For about 14 years he owned and operated the Jungle Prado restaurant on Park Street, the Shrimp Ahoy at St. Petersburg Beach and Deano's, a Treasure Island restaurant named for a son. He was a member of St. Stefanos Greek Orthodox Church and the Al Jolson Society. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Other survivors include a son, Dean, Largo; his mother, Helen Doulou, St. Petersburg; a sister, Antoinette Chimdidis, Treasure Island; and a granddaughter, Kaitlin Doulou, Largo. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 200 Pasadena Ave., St. Petersburg. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Stefanos Greek Orthodox Church, 3600 76th St. N. Burial will be at Royal Palm Cemetery. The family suggested memorial contributions to the church. _ Some information in this obituary came from stories by Jacquin Sanders in the Times.