Horace Faith (born Horace Smith, Jamaica) was a Jamaican reggae singer. He is best known for his cover of the

Checkmates, Ltd. The Checkmates, Ltd. were an United States, American Rhythm and blues, R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), Nancy Wilson, included both black people, black and white people, wh ...

song, " Black Pearl", which reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1970. Released by Trojan Records (TR 7790), "Black Pearl" spent ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart in the latter half of 1970, peaking at number 13 in October that year. Coincidentally, the original version of the song by

, peaked at number 13 in the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1969. The track was written by Irwin Levine, Phil Spector and Toni Wine. The

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of Faith's single was "Help Me Help Myself", which was written by Johnny Arthey and Phil Swern. The single was released in the United States by

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. "Black Pearl" subsequently appeared on numerous

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s. Faith's later recordings included the self-penned "I Can't Understand It", arranged by Richard Anthony Hewson and

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by Swern. Faith died on 7 March 2015.

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