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“Oh Carolina” is a song made famous by Shaggy, and released as the lead single from his debut album, Pure Pleasure. Written by John Folkes, produced by Prince Buster and performed by The Folkes Brothers in 1960, “Oh Carolina” was a landmark single in the development of reggae music, especially as a result of its incorporation of African-influenced Niyabinghi-style drumming and chanting. The song was also recorded in 1973 by Count Ossie (who also provided drumming for the original 1960 record) on his seminal roots reggae album Grounation. It was more recently revived in 1993 by Shaggy and produced by Sting International, becoming an international hit. It was the first of Shaggy’s four UK number one singles spending two weeks at the top in March 1993. The song fared less well in... Read on...