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Among Jamaica’s most outstanding vocal skills, Johnny Clarke hasn’t achieved the international acclaim of a few of his compatriots, and he even fell from favour in his homeland in the 1980s. Nevertheless, in his heyday, through the middle- through past due ’70s, the vocalist recorded a blast of essential cuts, …

Created in Queens, NY, in 1955, the Cleftones contains five friends from Jamaica SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL — Plant Cox (lead), Warren Corbin (bass), Charlie Wayne (1st tenor), William McClain (baritone), and Berman Patterson (second tenor). Originally authorized to Gee, the group released its 1st solitary, “You Baby You,” past due …