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Johnny Nash
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American singer (1940–2020)
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Johnny Nash (1940–2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Born John Lester Nash Jr. in Houston, Texas, he began his professional career in 1956. A tenor who performed in the reggae, pop soul, and rocksteady genres, he recorded for Epic Records and ABC Records. His work period spanned from 1956 until his death in 2020.
Nash was a native English speaker and had two children. He passed away in Houston on October 6, 2020.
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Film & TV
Acting · Houston, Texas, USA
John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston. Born in Houston, Texas, USA, he was also an actor known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and…
Known for
- The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 — Self1973
- Rock Concert — Self1973
- The Midnight Special — Self1972
- Love Is Not a Game — Robert1971
- Top of the Pops — Self1964
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- Key Witness — Apple1960
- Take a Giant Step — Spencer Scott1959
- The Dick Clark Show — Self1958
- American Bandstand — Self1957
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
- A Very Special Love / Won’t You Let Me Share My Love With You1957
- The Ladder of Love / I’ll Walk Alone1957
- A Teenager Sings the Blues / Out of Town1958
- It’s So Easy to Say / My Pledge to You1958
- Johnny Nash1958
- Johnny Nash Volume 21958
- Midnight Moonlight / Almost in Your Arms1958
- Please Don’t Go / I Lost My Love Last Night1958
- Truly Love / You’re Looking at Me1958
- Walk With Faith in Your Heart / Roots of Heaven1958
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 511,102
- Total plays
- 2,810,168
Tags
John Lester Nash Jr. (born 19 August 1940; died 6 October 2020) was an American pop singer best known for his 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now. Born in Houston, Texas, Nash began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He became famous for singing the theme song for The Mighty Hercules cartoon in the early 1960s (which song he also wrote). His biggest hits were the early reggae tunes Hold Me Tight, I Can See Clearly Now, and Stir It Up, written by Bob Marley prior to Marley's international success. <a href
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles
· 1970 · cited 19,222x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,924x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,660x
- Non-Cooperative Games
· 1951 · cited 6,349x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Lester Nash Jr. , ( 1940-08-19 ) August 19, 1940, Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Died
- October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) (aged 80), Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Genres
- Pop jazz soul reggae
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actor
- Years active
- 1956–2020
- Labels
- Epic JAD Cayman Music
- Website
- johnnynash .com
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Encyclopedic overview
John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.
Early life
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