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Eric Donaldson (born 11 June 1947 in St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter. ==Biography== Born in Bog Walk, about 2 miles from Kent Village], Donaldson first recorded for Studio One in 1964, although producer Clement Dodd declined to release the material.〔Prato, Greg "(Eric Donaldson Biography )", Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2014〕〔Alleyne, Mike (2012) ''The Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Sterling, ISBN 978-1-4027-8583-2, p. 70〕 In the mid-1960s he formed The West Indians with Leslie Burke and Hector Brooks, and they had a hit with the J.J. Johnson-produced "Right On Time" in 1968, going on to record with Lee "Scratch" Perry and subsequently changing their name to the Kilowatts, but without further success.〔〔 Donaldson then pursued a solo career, and submmitted "Cherry Oh Baby" to the 1971 Jamaican Festival Song Competition, going on to win the competition and giving him a big Jamaican hit single.〔 Donaldson has won the competition six times, in 1971, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1993 and 1997. "Cherry Oh Baby" has been covered by both The Rolling Stones (on their 1976 album, ''Black and Blue'') and UB40 (on their 1983 album, ''Labour of Love'').〔 The riddim has remained extremely popular – over thirty cover versions have been recorded, including an update by Donaldson himself. Two of his festival winners ("Sweet Jamaica" (1977) and "Land of My Birth" (1978)) were written by Winston Wallace.〔Campbell, Howard (2014) "(Winston Wallace's Land of My Birth )", ''Jamaica Observer'', 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014〕 In an online poll held in 2013 by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, "Land of My Birth" was voted the most popular winner in the contest's history.〔"(Eric Donaldson tops festival poll )", ''Jamaica Observer'', 5 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014〕 In 2005 he was arrested on St. Vincent for possession of marijuana, and in 2011 was fined $100 in Jamaica for a similar offence.〔 Donaldson currently lives in Kent Village, Jamaica where he runs the 'Cherry Oh Baby Go-Go' bar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Donaldson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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