CNN.Born John Lester “Johnny” Nash, Jr. in Houston, Nash began releasing music in the late ’50s, making his major label debut with the 1957 song ‘A Teenager Sings the Blues’.Upon the release of ‘I can See Clearly Now’ – largely called a comeback song at the time – the infectious hit sat at Number One for four weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.The song made a return to the Billboard charts in 1993, when it was recorded by Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff for the soundtrack for the film Cool Runnings.According to his official website, Nash helped the late Bob Marley sign a recording contract.
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