Apr252024

Stranger Cole

Stranger Cole was born Wilburn Theodore Cole in 1945 in Kingston, Jamaica, receiving the nickname “Stranger” because he resembled no one else in his family. Cole began his recording career with producer Duke Reid, scoring a hit with his 1962 debut, “Rough & Tough,” a full-tilt ska number with a wild harmonica solo. His Louis Jordan revival song, “Run Joe,” was a hit in 1965, and featured members of the Techniques on harmony vocals. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Crying Every Night (These Eyes)
52486
2Rough and Tough
29864
3Rough & Tough
25401
4Don't Want to Be Hurt (with The Fugitives)
9572
5Give It To Me
6749
6We Are Rolling
6225
7These Eyes
6219
8What A Day
5105
9Run Joe
4337
10just like a river
4055

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