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George Nooks, Prince Mohamed, Prince Mohammed, or George Knooks (born c. 1958) is a Jamaican reggae singer who initially found fame as a deejay.
Nooks also guested on Augustus Pablo's Rockers All Stars album, Dub With The Help Of His Majesty : released on Everton Da Silva's Hungry Town label, Jah No Partial in particular, is a much sought after rarity amongst the spiritual roots reggae sound system fraternity. Nooks also guested on Horace Andy's Give up the Land discomix on Hungry Town label. He also featured on Leonard Dillon and The Ethiopians Buck Me Toe released on Alvin Ranglin's GG Records
This was followed by African Roots, recorded the following year for producer Linval Thompson. He had a hit in Jamaica with "Forty Legs Dread", which was a toast on Zion Gate written by Culture (band) and Joseph Hill (musician) and released by Joe Gibbs (producer) and Errol Thompson (audio engineer), and the increasing violence in Kingston prompted Nooks to record a version of Little Roy's "Tribal War", now singing rather than deejaying, and released under his real name, which he followed with a cover version of Errol Dunkley's "Darling Ooh".
Nooks also recorded Lightning and Thunder for Roy Cousins Phase One record label, using the Prince Mohamed title. These releases have been reissued by reggae-revive label Motion Records. He also toasted on the Winston Riley and Pat Kelly (musician) Techniques label discomix of I'm in the Mood for Love.
Nooks would subsequently concentrate on his singing, releasing the Today album in 1981, although he reverted to Prince Mohamed in 1982 for an album with June Lodge. His singing gained comparisons with Dennis Brown, who he would later pay tribute to with a double album of Brown covers.
His 1996 single "Real Man" reached number 55 on the Billboard R&B Singles Sales chart.Jackson, Kevin (2022) " Nooks Tops Florida Chart", Jamaica Observer, 26 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022 In 1997 Nooks released his first album in 15 years, a self-titled collection resulting in three Tamika Reggae Music awards,Bush, John, , allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation but since 1997 he has been quite prolific, releasing a string of solo albums, as well as albums shared with Glen Washington, Roland Burrell, Singing Melody and Lukie D. Since the death of his grandmother in 2001, Nooks has primarily recorded Gospel music material.Campbell, Howard (2016) " Nooks Rides Out the Storm", Jamaica Observer, 7 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016
His 2016 album Ride Out Your Storm reached number 4 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, and number 22 on the Gospel chart.Campbell, Howard (2016) " George Nooks riding Billboard’s charts", Jamaica Observer, 9 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016
Nooks also works as a producer, and has run his own Total Records label since the early 1990s.
In 2022 he won the ABGMA Collaboration-Duo of the Year Award together with Dingy Danejah
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