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1973: The Year Pop Reggae Broke

You can count on one hand the number of times that reggae singles by Jamaican artists have cracked the Top 40 here in the States:  “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker in June, 1969 (#9) and  “Double Barrel” by Dave Barker and Ansel Collins in August, 1971 (#22).  Two times [*actually, three

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