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226:rocksteady
218:Studio One
175:Vere Johns
161:Early life
90:rocksteady
52:1947-07-11
37:Birth name
1226:The Voice
1172:The Voice
1139:, p. 141.
788:Born Free
700:Wild Fire
694:Pure Gold
633:My Desire
591:In Demand
395:from the
381:Mezzanine
335:Rastafari
251:Bunny Lee
222:Duke Reid
113:1959–2014
25:John Holt
1336:Guardian
1316:Allmusic
1059:, p. 399
926:Archived
678:/Arrival
674:(1983),
641:(1981),
470:(1971),
210:Bob Andy
171:Kingston
169:area of
1318:website
483:OK Fred
444:Luciano
267:OK Fred
255:Harry J
234:Blondie
1135:
1077:
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964:
905:
826:(2011)
820:(2003)
796:(2009)
790:(2001)
760:(1993)
748:(1989)
472:Bamboo
378:album
307:Top 10
246:Deejay
151:reggae
118:Labels
94:reggae
82:Genres
710:Vibes
424:U-Roy
309:hit "
242:U-Roy
197:with
1133:ISBN
1075:ISBN
1053:ISBN
1014:ISBN
962:ISBN
903:ISBN
868:2014
812:DVDs
666:Gold
489:Holt
370:and
368:UB40
269:"),
195:duet
65:Died
46:Born
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