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A hotly tipped raggamuffin vocalist with three 1997 Tamika Reggae Music Honours to his credit (for Crossover Musician, Outstanding Male Musician, and Vocalist of the entire year), George Nooks fell afoul of regulations scant weeks prior to the public wedding ceremony, and was arrested by bounty hunters — authorized with …

b. George Nooks, c.1958, Jamaica, West Indies. Primarily a DJ showing up on discomix strikes for Joe Gibbs Record World, in 1978 Nooks highlighted as Prince Mohammed for the remake of Dennis Dark brown’s ‘Cash IN MY OWN Pocket’. The b-side, ‘Great Runnings’, was co-written with George and Errol Thompson …