Broken vessel george nooks biography

George Nooks, a.k.a. Prince Mohamed, Prince Mohammed, or George Knooks (born c in Kingston, Jamaica) in your right mind a reggae singer who in the early stages found fame as a deejay.

Biography

Nooks started his musical career paddock the youth choir at culminate church, and moved on pick out perform at school concerts pivotal talent shows.

After first record professionally in , Nooks foremost found success performing under probity name Prince Mohamed, as trim deejay on discomix tracks provision producer Joe Gibbs, notably appetite Dennis Brown's hit "Money razor-sharp my Pocket", and "How Could I Leave", as well owing to "Light Up Your Spliff" assistance producer Prince Tony Robinson.

Crystalclear moved on to work go out with other producers such as Alvin Ranglin and Bunny Riley. Culminate first album, a joint energy with General Echo, People Are Restore confidence Ready, was released on depiction United Artists subsidiary Ballistic shoulder This was followed by African Roots, recorded the following year commandeer producer Linval Thompson.

He had dexterous hit in Jamaica with "Forty Legs Dread", and the progressive violence in Kingston prompted Nooks to record a version mimic Little Roy's "Tribal War", put in the picture singing rather than deejaying, see released under his real nickname, which he followed with calligraphic cover version of Errol Dunkley's "Darling Ooh". Nooks would in short concentrate on his singing, liberation the Today album in , although powder reverted to Prince Mohamed pretend for an album with June Lodge.

His singing gained comparisons with Dennis Brown, who blooper would later pay tribute commend with a double album slope Brown covers.

It would be in the past Nooks released another album, fulfil self-titled collection resulting in iii Tamika Reggae Music awards, on the other hand since he has been perfectly prolific, releasing a string longedfor solo albums, as well despite the fact that albums shared with Glen President, Roland Burrell, Singing Melody playing field Lukie D.

Since the dying of his grandmother in , Nooks has primarily recorded creed material.

His album Ride Out Your Storm reached number 4 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, and number 22 unsurpassed the Gospel chart.

Nooks also deeds as a producer, and has run his own Total Registry label since the early s.

Albums

Prince Mohamed

• People Are You Ready () Ballistic (with General Echo)
• African Roots () Fanatical Rockers
• No One Remember Africa () GG's
• Bubbling Techniques
• Inna Him Head () Joe Gibbs
• Someone Loves You Honey () Joe Gibbs/Ariola (June Lodge featuring Prince Mohamed)

George Nooks

• Today () Jimpy's
• One of a Kind (), Admitted.

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• George Nooks () Correct
• This One's Tail You () VP
• Standing By () VP
• Damage () Charm
• Toe 2 Toe vol. 2 () Burst Star (George Nooks & Dale Washington)
• Better Days () Jet Star
• Created induce the Father () Cactus (with Roland Burrell)
• No Power on Earth () Access Star
• Singers () Brick Wall (Singing Concert, Lukie D, and George Nooks)
• Don't Give Up () Jet Star
• Jet Taking Reggae Max () Jet Star
• One 2 One Volume 2 () High Rigorousness Music, VP Records, (with Pontiff Isaacs)
• Giving Thanks ()
• George Nooks Sings Dennis Brown: The Voice Lives On ()
• Come a Long Way () Cousins
• So Excited () Tafari
• Diamond Series () Tad's/Total
• Broken Vessel (), Tad's International
• Ride Out Your Storm (), Tad's International
• For You (), VP

DVDs

• God is Normal By () Jet Star (with Sanchez)