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The Paragons

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The Paragons were a Jamaican rocksteady vocal trio, led by John Holt, best known for "The Tide Is High" (1967), produced by Duke Reid for his Treasure Isle label. The song became an international standard well beyond reggae after Blondie's 1980 cover topped both the US and UK charts, and it returned to UK number one again in 2002 in a version by Atomic Kitten.

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The Paragons' YouTube Topic channel (youtube.com/channel/UC2rL--PGNPCOTyn7BoTZu6A), an auto generated channel fed by the rights holder's distribution, which describes them as a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, initially active in the 1960s, whose most famous track is "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt.

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The Paragons — The Tide Is High (Official Audio)

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The Paragons — The Tide Is High (original rocksteady recording)

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Discogs — The Tide Is High Paragons search

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Story · Well supportedWake the Town: Duke Reid's rocksteady and the birth of the deejay record

How a toast over a Treasure Isle rhythm helped invent the modern deejay.

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