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<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/Q3XF/bcbd986e77_WIDJ_media.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>In 1983, the British reggae band UB40 was putting together “Labour of Love,” an album of cover versions of songs they liked, and they decided to record a version of a rather obscure song by Jamaican-born singer Tony Tribe that only made it to #46 on the UK charts back in 1969. Or so they thought. Because the name of the composer listed on the sheet music was N. Diamond, they naturally assumed it was Jamaican singer Negus Diamond. But…in reality, it was NEIL Diamond, whose origina1967 version of “Red Red Wine” was not even CLOSE to being a reggae song–and not really a hit either.</p>