"ALWAYS TOGETHER" - Released 1970. BOB ANDY CD & MARCIA GRIFFITHS, (Bob and Marcia) were a Jamaican vocal duo. They had a #5 UK hit single in 1970 with 'Young, Gifted and Black'. They followed up with 'Pied Piper', which peaked at #11 in 1971. They split in 1974...........BOB ANDY was one of the founding members of The Paragons, along with Tyrone Evans and Howard Barrett. His first solo hit in 1966, "I've Got to Go Back Home," was followed by "Desperate Lover," "Feeling Soul", "Unchained," and "Too Experienced", amongst others. He also composed songs for other artists, including "I Don't Want to See You Cry" for Ken Boothe, and "Feel Like Jumping," "Truly," and "Melody Life" for Marcia Griffiths. His Studio One album, Songbook is one of the finest rocksteady albums. His late 1960s hits, including "Going Home," "Unchained," "Feeling Soul," "My Time," "The Ghetto Stays in the Mind," and "Feel the Feeling," and his 1992 hit, "Fire Burning," have become reggae standards and have been covered numerous times. In the early 1970s, he recorded with Marcia Griffiths as Bob and Marcia, under producer Harry J's tutelage. These included the UK hits "Young, Gifted and Black" and "Pied Piper". In 1978, Andy took a five-year long sabbatical from the music industry to concentrate on his career as an actor. Andy subsequently starred in the films, Children of Babylon in 1980, and The Mighty Quinn (1989). Andy's 1988 album Freely, recorded in London and Jamaica, was re-issued in 1997. The same year, he released an all-new album, Hangin' Tough, produced by Willie Lindo. In early 2005, Andy made his first journey to Africa. He performed at the Bob Marley 60th birthday concert in Addis Ababa to an audience of several hundred thousand, and also sang at the Ethiopian Presidents Palace. During a visit to Shashemane in the weeks following, he gave benefit concerts for the 12 Tribes. Jamaica conferred its Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) on Keith Bob Andy Anderson in October 2006 for his contributions to the development of reggae music. Michael Prophet cites Andy as his main influence as a singer....... MARCIA GRIFFITHS, (born Marcia Llyneth Griffiths, 23rd November 1949, Kingston, Jamaica) also called the "Queen of Reggae" is a successful female singer. Marcia started her career in 1964. From 1970 to 1974 she worked together with Bob Andy in the group Bob and Marcia, on the Harry J label. Between 1974 and 1981 she was a member of the I-Threes, a background group, which supported Bob Marley & the Wailers. Her song "Electric Boogie" made the Electric Slide, a line dance, an international dance craze. It remains the highest-selling single by a female Reggae singer of all time. The first song Marcia Griffiths ever recorded was Wall Of Love for producer, Coxone Dodd at Studio One. That song was never released. The first hit single Marcia released was Feel Like Jumping, written by Bob Andy, arranged by Jackie Mittoo and produced by Coxone Dodd on the Studio One ( Down Beat) label. Her debut album Marcia Griffiths at Studio One was from the same label and producer. This album featured the first combination recording of Bob and Marcia - Always Together. Marcias second album for Studio One, titled Truly was released in 1998 by Heartbeat Records.
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