Johnny Nash started out his music career as an R&B singer but he eventually helped bring reggae music into the mainstream. His 1972 number one single ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ was a smash hit and it perfectly blended the soulful sounds of rhythm and blues with the rocksteady and reggae sound that he fell in love with after visiting Jamaica in the late-60s.
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Nash was actually one of the first American artists to record in Kingston, Jamaica. Even though he reached his commercial peak in the mid-70s, he remained popular in England and Europe for years. He essentially retired from the music industry in 1986 after releasing his final album ‘Here Again’
He was born in Houston, Texas on August 19, 1940. He got his start singing in his local church choir. When he was 13, he won a talent show at his school, and shortly after he managed to secure an audition for a local variety show called Matinee. He was accepted on to the program and got to sing several R&B hits that were popular at the time.
In 1956 he was hired onto the Arthur Godfrey radio and television variety show. He’d appear on that show for the next seven years. Nash signed with ABC-Paramount in 1957 and released his first single ‘A Teenager Sings The Blues’.
After co-creating JAD Records, Nash got acquainted with Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh and signed them to the label. After releasing a charting single of Bob Marley’s ‘Stir It Up’, Nash released ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ in 1972. The record ended up selling over a million copies and was certified gold.
He never found the same kind of domestic popularity but he continued to chart internationally with tracks like ‘Tears on my Pillow’ in 1975 and a cover of Sam Cooke’s ‘What A Wonderful World’ in 1976.
Singer Johnny Nash Dies Sees Clearly No Longer
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