Posted on 10/06/2020 6:30:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Nash, who had been in declining health, died of natural causes at home in Houston, the city of his birth, his son, Johnny Nash Jr., told The Associated Press. He was 80.
Nash was in his early 30s when I Can See Clearly Now topped the charts in 1972 and he had lived several show business lives. In the mid-1950s, he was a teenager covering Darn That Dream and other standards, his light tenor likened to the voice of Johnny Mathis. A decade later, he was co-running a record company, had become a rare American-born singer of reggae and helped launch the career of his friend Bob Marley.
Nash praised the vibes of this little island when speaking of Jamaica, and he was among the first artists to bring reggae to U.S. audiences. He peaked commercially in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he had hits with Hold Me Tight, You Got Soul, an early version of Marleys Stir It Up and I Can See Clearly Now, still his signature song.
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Everybody seems to be dying lately. Eddie Van Halen and now this!
I’m sitting here humming away . . . I liked those bubble gum tunes of yesteryear.
-PJ
...and after the window was cleaned you could see into the diner with anticipation as the ketchup was poured.
I need new glasses, I read this as Johnny Cash.
That makes 4 in just a few days.
One of the great songs of all time.
The tune for "Hold Me Tight" was also used for TV commercial for the men's haircare product, "Score":
"Oh, I used to play the grease-comb, when I was just a boy'''
Baby, that's the Score, that's the Score, that's the Score!"
Very happy memories of his songs when they played on the radio, and we were all young. R.I.P.
RIP Johnny.
his “I Can See Clearly Now” album, with multiple Bob Marley tracks, is a true classic.
Just in the last 2 weeks...Mac Davis, Helen Reddy, Eddie V, and now Johnny Nash.
That was a powerful song — it would have to be, to hold Nights In White Satin out of the top spot (which it did).
Worst part...as a lot of these talented people die off....they arent getting replaced with too many new ones.
RIP.
Interesting take, Jamaican-style.
Add Trini Lopez and Charlie Daniels to the list as well;
along with a number of others (sigh)
The inevitable outcome of advancing age.
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