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By Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Clancy Eccles, a pioneering Jamaican reggae
singer and producer, died Thursday. He was 64.
Eccles died at a hospital in Spanish Town, outside the capital of
Kingston, five days after suffering a stroke, said his son, Clancy
Eccles Jr.
Eccles started his career as a singer in the 1950s and rose to
prominence with the 1961 hit song "River Jordan."
In 1967, he turned to music production, producing "Kingston Town" by
the Trinidadian singer Lloyd Creator and many other records in the
1970s.
Eccles actively supported the campaign of socialist Michael Manley in
Jamaica's 1972 elections, organizing a bandwagon with reggae stars
who went around the island on Manley's behalf.
Four years later, he produced the nationalistic song "My Leader Born
Yah," which paid homage to Manley's socialist program.
Jamaican Singer Clancy Eccles Dies at 64
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