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Stranger Cole, also known as StrangeJah Cole (born Wilburn Theodore Cole, 1945) is a Jamaican singer whose long recording career dates from the early days of ska in 1962 through to the 2000s.
Cole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1945 and nicknamed "Stranger" by his family, as they considered that he didn't resemble any member of his kin. Cole was initially successful as a songwriter, writing "In and out the Window", which was a hit for Eric "Monty" Morris. This success gave him the chance to make his recording debut in 1962, instantly finding success with singles such as "Rough and Tough" and "When You Call My Name" (a duet with Patsy Todd) for producer Arthur "Duke" Reid. Further success followed with singles for Reid through to the mid-1960s, and he also worked with other producers at this time, including Clement "Coxsone" Dodd (a duet with Ken Boothe on "Worlds Fair"), and Prince Buster. Further duets included recordings with Gladstone Anderson (on "Just Like a River") and Hortense Ellis, the tendency to record duets apparently due to his shyness when it came to singing alone. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he recorded with several producers, including Bunny Lee, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Sonia Pottinger.These included further material with Todd as Stranger & Patsy. In 1971 he emigrated to England, where he toured extensively, and moved on again to Canada in 1973, settling in Toronto. His first album, "Foward" in the Land of Sunshine, was released in 1976, with a handful of further albums released over the next ten years, most on his own label. In 2006, Cole released his first album in twenty years, Morning Train, a collaboration with Jah Shaka. Cole is featured in the 2009 documentary Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, in which he and other stars of the rocksteady era reunited to record a new album of the same name, released in August 2009.
Cole's son, Squiddly, followed him into a music career, working as a drummer for artists including Ziggy Marley and Mutabaruka
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Roots of Reggae / Rastafar I / Rivers of Babylon /by maikaeferlikoer1,842 views
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Sir Coxone Outernational (2-2)by DjEyeMan3,510 views
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Stranger Cole - Ruff and Tuffby DjEyeMan2,982 views
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Queen Patsy & Stranger Cole - Certify My Loveby tafari66641,055 views
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Stranger Cole - Stranger Knockingby Steppkel1,570 views
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STRANGER COLE - WE ARE ROLLING ( EAST TO WEST ).wmvby CASSOUNET11,939 views
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Brian And Tony Gold - Sound Tingby montydansounds2,210 views
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Stranger Cole and Patsy Todd - When I Call Your Name(early reggae version)Duke Reid 1969.by pablowkingstoned11,653 views
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Stranger Cole - The Time Is Now ; The Heptones - Revolutionby axiom564,949 views
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STRANGER AND GLADDY - JUST LIKE A RIVER.wmvby CASSOUNET11,310 views
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Just like a river - Stranger & Gladdyby Deckswax2,636 views
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STRANGER COLE - LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOURby CASSOUNET11,315 views
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Stranger Cole - Give it to meby apotok7,227 views
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SILENT RIVER RUNS DEEP-JUDY MOWATT.wmvby trojangilly7,922 views
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Stranger & Gladdy - Make goodby Schmidthorst694,774 views
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STRANGER COLE - TILL MY DYING DAYS ...................SKA....................by josereggaehoots249 views
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Stranger Cole - These Eyes AKA Crying Every Nightby thepuberts5,969 views
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Queen Patsy And Stranger Cole - Tonightby Pchelos4,160 views
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Stranger Cole & Gladstone Anderson "We Shall Overcome"by groovemonzter4,050 views
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Love Me This Evening (feat Gladstone Anderson)by elchidoone688,918 views
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digobeleza 2 weeks ago
Love this tune. Love it. Tx
groovemonzter 8 months ago
nice tune. 1 love from New Zealand
darrylprojectile 1 year ago
5* from kenya
KIPLETING 1 year ago
Big big big big big big big Tune!
Rocksteady !!!! TNT
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MojoRocksteady 1 year ago
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