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The first version of the Uniques formed in 1966 when two members of <a href="spotify:artist:7aSGHNg5TRgbrzaUclcNAK">the Techniques</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2PuBpv31beJyhHfvXoku41">Slim Smith</a> and Franklyn White, joined with <a href="spotify:artist:20SfytGDGLIt4yklvZ38wk">Roy Shirley</a> to create a new group. The original lineup recorded a few ska sides for <a href="spotify:artist:3hZ5sdhYTvgrmXIwtVwqmS">J.J. Johnson</a> that year before disbanding, only to reform again almost immediately, this time with a front line of <a href="spotify:artist:2PuBpv31beJyhHfvXoku41">Smith</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3mSM2ALYf2unI6Hk6NGBmD">Lloyd Charmers</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:30ab9kzEA26zJbWokBNGRs">Jimmy Riley</a> (and occasionally Cornel Campbell). The reconstituted Uniques had a brief run from 1967 to 1969, recording several vocal trio classics with producer <a href="spotify:artist:79gBZXBZwJs2cBerjhgAxI">Bunny Lee</a>, including two impressive covers (<a href="spotify:artist:4WlSvDKaq1PA2Nr7cCIPxX">Stephen Stills</a>' "For What It's Worth," tracked as "Watch This Sound," and <a href="spotify:artist:2AV6XDIs32ofIJhkkDevjm">Curtis Mayfield</a>'s "Gypsy Woman") as well as their signature song, the brilliant "My Conversation." Led by <a href="spotify:artist:2PuBpv31beJyhHfvXoku41">Smith</a>'s high and emotional tenor, the Uniques represented, by many accounts, the pinnacle of Jamaica's harmony trio genre. The group folded in 1969, with each member pursuing a solo career. <a href="spotify:artist:2PuBpv31beJyhHfvXoku41">Smith</a>'s tragic death in 1973 ended any possibility of the group reuniting. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
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