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Winston Francis

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Jamaican singer known as "Mr Fix It," born in Kingston in 1943, who recorded his debut album Mr. Fix-It for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One in 1969, followed by California Dreaming (1970), before later finding renewed success in France with a version of "Stand By Me.".

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I Call It Love (Reggae Version)

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

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Story · ProbableThe backing singers step out front

Many of reggae's most durable solo careers started in someone else's harmony stack.

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