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Horace Faith
12+ albums
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Horace Faith (born Horace Smith, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer. He is best known for his cover of the Checkmates, Ltd. song, "Black Pearl", which reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart in 1970. Released by Trojan Records "Black Pearl" spent ten weeks in the UK Singles Chart in the latter half of 1970, peaking at number 13 in October that year. Coincidentally, the original version of the song by Checkmates, Ltd., peaked at number 13 in the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The track was written by Irwin Levine, Phil Spector and Toni Wine. The b-side of Faith's single was "Help Me Help Myself", which was written by Johnny Arthey and Phil Swern. The single was released in the United States by Bell Records "Black Pearl" subsequently appeared on numerous compilation albums. Faith's later recordings included the self penned, "I Can't Understand It", arranged by Richard Anthony Hewson and produced by Swern. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The Story Of Trojan Records
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Trojan UK Hits Collection
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Reggae Reggae
Ska & Reggae Classics
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The Heavy Heavy Monster Sound - The Trojan Records Story
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Young Gifted And Black (Disc 2)
This Is Trojan
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The Trojan UK Hits Collection
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The 70's - 1970 CD 2
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Celebration: The Best Of Reggae (disc 1)
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Young Gifted And Black [Disc 2]
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This Is Trojan: The Original Sound of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae