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Bruce Ruffin

Jamaican reggae and rocksteady singer, composer and producer born 17 February 1952, St Catherine, Jamaica. Ruffin started his career as a singer in [a=Byron Lee And The Dragonaires] before joining [a=Techniques] in 1967. Ruffin left [a=The Techniques] in 1968 for a solo career which were very successful especially in the reggae-pop era in the early 1970ies. By the 1980s, Ruffin was concentrating on writing and publishing. He eventually moved away from music to study law, becoming a legal consultant to other reggae artists