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Reggay: Son of R & B

Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 10 May 1969

THERE WERE two kinds of reaction when Desmond Dekker's 'Israelites' started up the hit parades in March: blimey, I heard that before Christmas; and, the what! – where did that sound come from?

Total word count of piece: 983

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