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In the summer of 2008, they performed at the annual Detroit Caribbean Festival. On 18 November 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers performed "Murder She Wrote" alongside Alicia Keys at the 2007 American Music Awards. This song was a hit on the Jamaican chart. In 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers recorded "Need Your Lovin", which was released on vinyl on Explorer Records. They performed at Sunsplash again in 20, and released the album Help Them Lord in 2001. In 1996, they signed to Island Records and released the album For Every Kinda People. The re-release of Tease Me also charted at number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1994, going on to receive gold certification, selling more than 500,000 copies. 20), with six hit singles in all taken from their album, Tease Me. They had further UK hits with "I Wanna Be Your Man" (No. They followed this with a cover of Curtis Mayfield's " She Don't Let Nobody" and a cover (with collaboration of Jack Radics) of the Top Notes' " Twist and Shout", which topped the UK Singles Chart in early 1994, the duo becoming the first Jamaican act to top the chart in 8 years, and the first to have three consecutive top five hits on the chart. They appeared at Reggae Sunsplash in 1992, and the following year broke through to international success with " Tease Me", which was in the UK Singles Chart for three months in 1993, peaking at No. They went on to work with a string of producers, including Ranking Joe, Jah Screw, Prince Jammy, and Mafia & Fluxy, with several of their most successful single tracks included on their debut album Gal Wine (1992). Their early hits together included "Gal Wine", recorded for producer Ossie Hibbert. She was nominated for 10 Golden Globes and 12 Emmy Awards for her work on the show.Both artists were established musicians when they teamed up in 1991 after performing together in Miami, both having worked as solo artists, and Pliers as a duo with Pinchers. In Murder, She Wrote, Lansbury starred as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. Murder She Wrote, from their 1993 album, Tease Me, became the duo's biggest hit single, surpassing even their successes as solo artistes prior to collaborating together. He did his part of the song originally as a solo piece for Bobby Digital, and then they combined the two songs and recorded it for producer Sly Dunbar, and that's when the synergy kicked in and a hit was made. So me say well this is 'murder she wrote' and so Pliers go and do a song with that title for producer Harry J," he said. "Him wait nine months, 10 months and no baby can't come. Oh, I'm thrilled to be part of reggae, of course," Lansbury said.Ĭhaka Demus said that the song title came about because Pliers "was fooling around a girl named Maxine" who told him that she was pregnant. Who are they? What are they? A group?" She was told they were "sort of like legends in reggae music." That's their song, Murder She Wrote," Power said. "That is reggae dancehall masters Chaka Demus and Pliers. It was during an interview on a CBC radio show that the host, Tom Power, played the single to Lansbury. It was all about detective work and we love it. This is a great achievement for Chaka Demus and Pliers," he said, adding that he was a big fan of the show, which ran from 1984 to 1996. "As a matter of fact, it is a great feeling to know that this lady who is in her 90s, and is just being introduced to reggae, can make a statement like that. Lansbury said she was "thrilled to be part of reggae music", and Chaka Demus said that gives him a good feeling.
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Recently, news broke that 94-year-old actress Angela Lansbury, star of the TV series ' Murder, She Wrote', heard the popular single of the same name (minus the comma) by Chaka Demus and Pliers for the first time earlier this month.