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The Clarendonians

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Jamaican vocal harmony group from Clarendon parish, originally Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin (later joined by a young Freddie McGregor), whose Studio One rude-boy-era hits include 'Rudie Bam Bam' and 'You Can't Be Happy'. A ska/rocksteady harmony group.

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The Clarendonians - Rudie Bam Bam

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Story · Well supportedRude boys in the dock

A mid-1960s moral panic over Kingston's rudies played out, verse by verse, on record.

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