![]() ![]() Sims - who bookéd Malcolm X ón lecture tours - hás suggested the mové was necessary bécause his associations wére drawing heat fróm the FBI. With Arthur Jenkins, they formed JAD Records, which was notable for releasing the first single by the Cowsills. ![]() Sims says Násh would fréquent Sims restaurant Sapphirés in New Yórk City and théy struck up á friendship first ánd then a businéss partnership. Unfortunately, he was also by all accounts a good kid removed from the rebellion of rock (Nash was a Boy Scout) and found his sweet crooning nudged aside by changing music trends. With his backgróund singing at thé Progressive New Hopé Baptist Church ón Elgin, Nash tóok to performing naturaIly, appearing ón KPRCs Matinee stárting at age 13, which led to appearances on Arthur Godfrey s TV and radio shows in the mid-50s. Later that yéar he had anothér hit singing Thé Teen Commandments (tháts not a typó) with Paul Anká and George HamiIton IV. He helped introduce Bob Marley to the world yet was himself a reluctant superstar - a silken voiced singer and actor from Houston who recorded for a few years after his career-defining hit before walking away from the music business in 1979. ![]()
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