One further addendum : Johnny Nash had a few singles out in the late
60s/early 70s with a reggae flavor and popchart success stateside as well.
"I Can See Clearly Now" was resurrected later for a Windex (window cleaner)
commercial. I think his cover of Marley's "Stir it Up" made a dent in the
charts here as well. I know it was an UK hit.
jeff
At 11:37 AM 8/25/2001, Mxyzptlk wrote:
Not even. You'd have to back further than that - 1969, I think, to
Desmond Dekker & The Aces' top ten hit "The Israelites". Remember also
that in those days, "mainstream" was considered the AM radio format and FM
was for your more "underground" tastes in general (although by 1973 this
was already changing, in 1969 this was definitely the case).
jeff
At 10:13 AM 8/25/2001, myster wrote:
Going back even further, I would think America's first mainstream
introduction to reggae would be through Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker", what
was that 73'?
j
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