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675:: "Simon Broughton, Kim Burton and Exile One's lead singer, Gordon Henderson, went on to found a highly original cadence band, the Vikings of Guadeloupe. The Vikings' style was very much a precursor of Kassav, whose own co-founder, Pierre Eduard Decimus, was a member of the group. Onto the lilt of cadence was forged a crash of ...".
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National Meritorious award, Lime Lifetime Achievement, the DFC lifetime achievement (twice), and the CIAO award Washington, among others.
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Henderson's composition "Jamais voir ça" sold more than 2.5 million copies, recorded by Carlos Santos with the title "Quero Voce". In addition Henderson has been the recipient of numerous gold records for sales of over 100,000 in France.
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