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unusual facts about Lovers Rock


Lovers rock

Dennis Harris then set up a new record label, Lover's Rock, at the south east London premises on Upper Brockley Road along with John Kpiaye and Dennis Bovell, which gave the new genre a name.


Helen Rogers

Returning to her Lovers rock beginnings in 2003, Rogers recorded an album of reggae covers of 1970s pop hits with Black Steel.

Normandie Hotel

The music video for singer Sade's song King of Sorrow (from her Lovers Rock album) was filmed in and around the hotel by director Sophie Muller.


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Hortense Ellis

The rise of the Lovers Rock genre in the late seventies and early eighties led to Ellis cutting cover version of several popular soul classics including "Down the Aisle" (Patti Labelle) and "Young Hearts Run Free" (Candi Staton).