Junior Murvin

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

JM

Active from

1949

Active to

2013-12-02

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

313,106

Total plays

1,790,972

Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1949, Port Antonio, Jamaica; died 2 December 2013, Port Antonio, Jamaica) was a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known for the single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976. Murvin's soaring voice and the infectious rhythm made "Police and Thieves" into an international hit during the summer of that year. It peaked at No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart in 1980. The song was influential <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Junior

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK

   · 2021 · cited 4,163x

2. Pembrolizumab alone or with chemotherapy versus cetuximab with chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (KEYNOTE-048): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study

   · 2019 · cited 2,922x

3. Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

   · 2017 · cited 1,961x

4. Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

   · 2017 · cited 1,721x

5. Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

   · 2021 · cited 1,587x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Jamaica

Place of birth

Saint James Parish

Place of death

Port Antonio

Occupation

film producer

Genre

soul

Instrument

lead guitar

Record label

Island Records

Image

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