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Audrey Hall

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Kingston-born singer (b. c.1948) who first recorded as half of the duo Dandy & Audrey with Dandy Livingstone in 1969, spent much of the 1970s and early '80s as a backing vocalist alongside her sister Pam Hall, and returned as a solo hitmaker in 1986 with "Smile" and "One Dance Won't Do," both produced by Donovan Germain for Penthouse.

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Era: Dancehall and the digital turn →
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One Dance Won't Do

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Verified iTunes/Apple Music match (JM storefront): representative track from Audrey Hall's catalogue, genre Reggae.

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