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- 1 2 Moskowitz, David V. (2006) "Marquis, Herman", in Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-33158-9, p. 197
