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Bob and Marcia were a Jamaican vocal duo, that consisted of Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths. [1] They had a #5 UK hit single in 1970 with "Young, Gifted and Black". [2] They followed up with "Pied Piper", which peaked at #11 in the UK Singles Chart in 1971. Those two releases spent a total of twenty five weeks in that chart in a period of less than eighteen months. [2] They discontinued their partnership in the mid-1970s, both feeling that it was not bringing them adequate financial reward. [1]

Contents

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Young Gifted and Black
Pied Piper
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Trojan, Harry J
Kemar
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Harry J
  • US-only release
Sweet Memories
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Nectar
Pied Piper – The Best of Bob & Marcia
  • Released: October 2002
  • Label: Trojan
An Evening with Bob & Marcia
  • Released: 2 May 2017
  • Label: VP, Upstairs Music
  • US-only release

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
UK
[3]
BE (FLA)
[4]
BE (WA)
[5]
IRE
[6]
NL
[7]
"Always Together"1968
"Young Gifted and Black"1970518471515
"Got to Get Ourselves Together"
"Pied Piper"197111
"Rocking Good Way"
"Lean on Me"1972
"Let's Be Friends"1973
"Sweet Memories"
"I Like to Love the Life"1974
"I Loved You"
"To Be Young Gifted and Black" (re-release)197654 [upper-alpha 1]
"Really Together"1987
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the UK "Breakers List".

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