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he formed the Danny Ray and the
Vibrations, the band appearing on television and radio in Europe. After leaving the Air Force and a spell in Jamaica, he returned to the UK and formed Danny Ray and the Falcons, the group recording the single "The Scorpion" for MCA Records. He moved on to Trojan
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in the early 1970s and later set up his own Black Jack label.
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335:"White And Wonderful, Black And Beautiful" (1973), Horse
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