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"Forward March" — Derrick Morgan

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Derrick Morgan's independence record, cut for Leslie Kong at Beverley's and released in 1962. It celebrates the moment directly and became the song most associated with that August, a ska single doing the work of a national anthem, in a year when the music and the country arrived at once.

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Discogs release 3808579, Derrick Morgan, Forward March, Island Records (1962); verified against the Discogs API in seed 399.

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Forward March - Derrick Morgan - Jamaica Gleaner

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