Eric Donaldson
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Eric Donaldson (born June 11, 1947, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer/songwriter. Donaldson had been composing and recording since 1964. He rocketed to popularity in 1971 with his winning entry in the annual Jamaican Festival Song Competition, "Cherry Oh Baby". He went on to win the festival again in in 1977, 1978, 1984 and 1993. The "Cherry Oh Baby" has been very popular, and has been covered more than thirty times, including covers by The Rolling Stones and UB40. <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Donaldson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Trojan Records
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- date of birth
- 1947-06-11
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- birth name
- Eric Everard Donaldson
- name in native language
- Eric Donaldson
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