189:, Johnson started to play music with the Virtues as a bass player before moving into management of the group. When the band split up he worked as an insurance salesman. He first appeared as a record producer in 1968, when he launched his own record label, "Harry J", by releasing The Beltones' local
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allowed him to use Studio One's facilities, where he produced the hit "Cuss Cuss" with singer Lloyd
Robinson, which became one of the most covered
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in the 1970s. The studio was also a 'must stop' hangout of many
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374:Johnny Nash
308:Grace Jones
222:sessionband
203:Horace Andy
83:6 July 1945
783:Categories
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605:References
556:Revolution
554:Zap Pow –
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370:The Cables
362:Ken Boothe
275:versions.
230:subculture
151:Studio One
127:Instrument
79:1945-07-06
64:Birth name
324:Tuff Gong
177:Biography
142:2002–2013
140:1968–1995
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593:See also
497:Computer
428:diabetes
292:recorded
226:skinhead
181:Born in
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406:Luciano
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199:riddims
187:Jamaica
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113:Reggae
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