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Noel Bartholomew Simms (1935 – 3 February 2017), better known by his nickname and artistic name Scully, was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae percussionist. On recordings, he is credited under many different names, including: Zoot Simms, Mr. Foundation, Noel "Scully" Simms, Noel "Skully" Simms, Scully, Scully Simms, Skullie, Skully, Skully Simms, Zoot "Scully" Simms, Mikey Spratt, Scollie and Skitter. Born in the Smith Village area of Kingston in 1935 and educated at the Alpha Boys School, he initially worked as a singer in a duo with his schoolfriend Arthur "Bunny" Robinson, known as Simms & Robinson and later Bunny & Scully. The duo won the Vere Johns talent contest two years running and were the first Jamaican artists to make R&B records on the island, starting with acetates for sound system use in 1953 (previous Jamaican-made singles were calypso). They went on to release singles in the early 1960s for producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, with Simms also recording solo sides for Prince Buster, and as part of another duo, Simms & Elmond. He was one of the first Jamaican musicians to use Amharic phrases in songs after learning them from Rasta leader Mortimer Planno, with tracks such as "Golden Pen" and "Press Along" in the early 1960s. As a percussionist, he has performed as a member of several bands, including The Aggrovators,[4][5] The Upsetters, The Revolutionaries, and Roots Radics, and has recorded and performed with Big Youth, Peter Tosh (playing in the All-Star Ba

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Studio One Rude Boy

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Rude Boy-The Original

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Studio One Rude Boys

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Rock A Shacka Vol. 11 - "Do The Push Push - Rocksteady With Studio One"

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Studio One Rude Boy - The Original

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Rare Studio 1 Ska & Rocksteady

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Soul Jazz Records Presents STUDIO ONE Freedom Sounds: Studio One In The 1960s

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Rocksteady4

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Studio One - Rude Boy

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Rocksteady 25

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Rude Boy

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The Rocksteady 25

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