Johnny Nash
Born: August 19, 1940 - Died: October 6, 2020 (aged 80)
R.I.P.
Though by no means an artistic innovator on par with contemporaries such as Bob Marley or Jimmy Cliff, singer Johnny Nash nevertheless proved a pivotal force behind the mainstream acceptance of reggae with the international success of his 1972 chart-topper "I Can See Clearly Now." Born in Houston, Texas on August 19, 1940, Nash honed his vocal skills singing in his Baptist church's choir and by 13 was a regular on the local television series Matinee, performing covers of current R&B hits; in 1956 he was discovered by Arthur Godfrey, appearing on his radio and TV broadcasts for the next seven years. Nash signed to ABC-Paramount to release his 1957 debut single "A Teenager Sings the Blues," scoring his first chart hit early the following year with a rendition of Doris Day's "A Very Special Love"; in late 1958, he also teamed with Paul Anka and George Hamilton IV for the inspirational "The Teen Commandments." Marketed as a rival to Johnny Mathis, he even began a film career with 1959's Take a Giant Step, also appearing in 1960's Key Witness before his career flagged with a series of little-noticed singles for Warner Bros., Groove, and Argo.
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The quality and quantity of what you put out there just knocks my socks off.
Thanks PB, I am super fussy with my music. My wife told me yesterday that we need to start getting rid of all my CDs and LPs so that she has more room for herself LOL.
Cheers Ozzie,Another Sad Loss
Hi Tel,
Yes my friend, another sad loss. 2020 has been an awful year so far.
Thanks for the Nash, and a ton of other stuff you have here. I know the behind-the-scenes stuff with a lot of Nash, because Rabbit and he lived together, wrote together, played together. They lived in Amsterdam, and Bob Marley (post-Tosh / Bunny) was brought over. They shared a flat, wrote, and played. It was originally soundtrack work, but became Nash's reggae years, which is why the I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW album had so much new Marley material.
I own all this stuff on vinyl and digitally, but my access to all my music cache has been cut off. FOR THOSE WHO NEVER BOUGHT THESE ALBUMS, PLEASE DO.
Thanks for the Nash, and a ton of other stuff you have here. I know the behind-the-scenes stuff with a lot of Nash, because Rabbit and he lived together, wrote together, played together. They lived in Amsterdam, and Bob Marley (post-Tosh / Bunny) was brought over. They shared a flat, wrote, and played. It was originally soundtrack work, but became Nash's reggae years, which is why the I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW album had so much new Marley material.
I own all this stuff on vinyl and digitally, but my access to all my music cache has been cut off. FOR THOSE WHO NEVER BOUGHT THESE ALBUMS, PLEASE DO.
Thank You for the upload...
Thanks for the Johnny Nash Album. His early album in the Jazz repertoire are hard to find.
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