Bob and Marcia were a Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n vocal duo

Duet (music)

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, that consisted of Bob Andy

Bob Andy

Bob Andy is a Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of reggae's most influential songwriters.-Career:...

 and Marcia Griffiths

Marcia Griffiths

Marcia Llyneth Griffiths is a successful female singer, also called the "Queen of Reggae". One reviewer described her noting "she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances".Griffiths started her career in 1964...

. They had a #5 UK

United Kingdom

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 hit single

Hit single

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 in 1970 with "Young, Gifted and Black

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. It was written in memory of Simone's late friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play Raisin in the Sun. The song was originally recorded by Simone for her 1970 album Black Gold; released as a single, it became...

". They followed up with "Pied Piper", which peaked at #11 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in 1971. Those two releases spent a total of twenty five weeks in that chart

Record chart

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 in a period of less than eighteen months. They discontinued their partnership in the mid 1970s, both feeling that it was not bringing them adequate financial reward.

Albums

• Young, Gifted and Black (1970), Harry J/Trojan
  Trojan Records
  Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...
  
  
• Pied Piper (1971), Harry J/Trojan
• Sweet Memories (1976), Nectar
• Kemar (1977), Harry J - reissued as Really Together (1987), I-Anka
• Pied Piper - The Best of (2002), Trojan
• Always Together, Studio One
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black, Star