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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a reggae singer, with a deep baritone voice, who had his greatest success in the late 1960s and 1970s. Smith was born in Kingston and raised in St. Ann. He initially sought a career as a radio announcer, but then approached Federal Studios looking for work as a songwriter, ending up recording his songs himself.