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Someone knows which are the original songs of U-Roy's "Rock Away" and "Peace And Love In The Ghetto"?

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The "Rock Away" original is the Melodians - "You Don't Need Me."
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yes I! Peace and love is my alltime favorite uroy cut. over the man next door riddim (aka quiet place, johnny dollar) the singer on the u roy cut sounds a lot like lloyd parks to me but i cant find a listing of lloyd cutting a version.
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I'm pretty sure it's Ken Boothe with "Quiet Place" (Tony Robinson prod)
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thanks fi the info Ron, i had wondered for along time who was the singer on his Quiet place version
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than you both for the songs
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