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Deborahe Glasgow

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British lovers-rock and early-dancehall singer (1965-1994) whose Gussie Clarke-cut "Champion Lover" for Greensleeves became the template for Shabba Ranks's global hit "Mr Loverman.".

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Shabba's Mr Loverman earns silver in the UK

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Jamaica Observer archive reference.

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Story · Well supportedLovers rock: the diaspora builds its own reggae

In British-Jamaican bedrooms and blues dances, women singers made a genre of their own.

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