Reggae reggae in the UK until bought by Saga records in 1974. Reggae's influence bubbled to the top of the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 charts in late 1972. First Three Dog Night hit #1 in September with a cover of the Maytones' version of "Black and White". Then Johnny Nash was at #1 for four weeks in November with "I Can See Clearly Now". Paul Simon's single "Mother And Child Reunion" - a track which he recorded in Kingston, Jamaica with Jimmy Cliff's backing group - was ranked by Billboard as the No. 57 song of 1972. In 1973, the film
Paul Rooney (solo artist) Paul Rooney (solo artist) Paul Rooney (born 1967 in Liverpool) is an English musician-artist who works with music and words, primarily via records and video works. Paul Rooney studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating with an MFA in 1991. In 1998 his art practice shifted from painting to music, initially with the band Rooney and their three experimental lo-fi punk pop albums about everyday life. During the 2000s, Paul Rooney's art works — now primarily musical but also including video and writing — developed through a period of residencies and fellowships at institutions in the UK and abroad,