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Rumours / Telephone Love riddim

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Gussie Clarke's flagship 1988 Music Works rhythm, cut for Gregory Isaacs's "Rumours" and voiced across the Music Works Showcase '88 sessions (J.C. Lodge's "Telephone Love," Lady G's "Nuff Respect," the Mighty Diamonds' "Heavy Load," Ken Boothe's "Choice"), helping carry dancehall into US R&B radio; cataloguing of the exact rhythm name varies.

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Jamaica Gleaner archive; riddimsworld; Wikipedia (Gussie Clarke); Discogs.

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Story of the Song | 'Rumours' fit Cool Ruler, but not written by him

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Story · Well supportedMusic Works '88: Gussie Clarke, the Rumours riddim and dancehall's clean crossover

A single 1988 rhythm carried Jamaican dancehall into American R&B radio.

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