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The success of the string-laden reggae led to Trojan Records issuing a series of similarly arranged albums produced by Ashfield starting with the 1,000 Volts of Holt in 1973, a compilation of Holt's reggae cover versions of popular hits (and later followed by similarly named releases up to the Lee-produced 3,000 Volts of Holt). 1,000 Volts ...
In 1973, they toured the United Kingdom together with John Holt (the 1,000 Volts of Holt Tour) and appeared in Edmonton, with Bob Marley, when they re-recorded Hit Me With Music on the Spark label, produced by Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five. They returned to the UK in 1974 for another tour, and split up in September 1974, when founder member ...
John Holt covered the song on his 1973 reggae album 1000 Volts of Holt'. Emmy award-winning Faith Rivera released a ukulele version of the song on her 2005 album "Suncatcher" David Gray, a British singer-songwriter, released the song on his 2007 live album A Thousand Miles Behind; Sabrina Starke, a Dutch singer, released a single version in 2014.
In 1974, John Holt included the song on his album 1000 Volts of Holt. That year, his recording of the song made it into the UK Top Ten. [citation needed] In 1975, the French Canadian singer Claude Valade recorded a French version of the song, "Aide-moi à passer la nuit," produced and distributed by London Deram Records.
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Following Holt's departure, the group recorded briefly with female vocalist Roslyn Sweat as Roslyn Sweat & The Paragons and The Paragons (featuring Roslyn Sweat). Evans too, recording as Tyrone Evans and as Don Evans, enjoyed an albeit less notable solo career, making several recordings while with The Paragons and after the group disbanded.
"John was 35-ish and Bob was probably early 20s," notes Holbrook. "Johnny reached out to him saying how brilliant his music was. So, you had the older guy extending his hand to the younger one.