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This Neil Diamond song flopped on release — 21 years later, a reggae band took it to No. 1

Neil Diamond's somber country ballad about liquid solace flopped in the '60s, but you'll definitely recognize a British ...

How Millie Small's 'My Boy Lollipop' Became a Global Reggae Hit at 16

My Girl Lollypop” was written by Robert Spencer from The Cadillacs in the 1950s, but it became a hit when sung by Jamaican ...
The Cheat Sheet

George Harrison Tried to Give This Hit Song a ‘Reggae Feel’ But It Was Harder Than He Expected

After The Beatles broke up, George Harrison produced songs in many genres. For example, he said one of his biggest solo hits was inspired by reggae music. During an interview, George said he watched a ...
The Jamaica Observer

Johnny Nash’s The Reggae Collection hits Billboard

The Reggae Collection, a hits compilation by the late American reggae pop singer Johnny Nash, makes its debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at #8, some 31 years after it was released. This is ...
Mail & Guardian

White reggae hits Jamaica

For a small place, Jamaica exerts a big influence. It covers an area of less than 11 000km2, with fewer than three million inhabitants. But ask anyone with even a passing interest in music to name its ...
The Cheat Sheet

Bruno Mars Wrote 1 of His Hit Songs When He Stopped Trying to Be Better Than The Beatles

Bruno Mars wanted to write something better than The Beatles’ songs. He said that sort of ambition causes artists to write their worst work. He wrote one of his hit songs after he started to relax and ...