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Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist. He was a member of several groups during the 1960s before recording as a solo artist and having hit singles with "Elizabethan Reggae", "I Wanna Wake Up with You" and "You're Everything to Me". One of his most notable credits is bass on the influential reggae song "Real Rock." From Wikipedia, the free…
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- Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's — Self (archive footage)2002
- Every Nigger Is a Star — Self1974
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1943
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Gardiner first came to prominence in the late 1960s when he, along with many famous Jamaican musicians, were part of the studio based group, The Upsetters. He charted solo with "Elizabethan Reggae" in 1970. Actually, he nearly did not appear at all. The story about his first hit is that, when it was released in the UK, the first copies were printed with the label incorrectly identifying Byron Lee as the performer. The reality was that he was the instrumental track's record producer. <a href="ht
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- human
- Given name
- Boris
- Family name
- Gardiner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- ska
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Trojan Records
- Official website
- www.borisgardiner.com
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- 1943-01-10
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- 1960-00-00
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