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Kong makes a cameo appearance in the Jamaican film The Harder They Come, playing a recording engineer in a scene in which Jimmy Cliff's character watches a studio recording session, by Toots and the Maytals, of the song "Sweet and Dandy" (Kong was the actual producer of that recording).
Apr 17, 2023 · In 1971, prior to the release of The Harder They Come, Leslie Kong, 37, suffered a fatal heart attack. Cliff and Kong’s scene in the studio together represents a full circle moment in their careers as Cliff records the title track to what is arguably, the most influential project in reggae’s trajectory over the past 50 years.
The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. [5] It peaked at No. 140 on the Billboard 200.
Jul 7, 2024 · The movie also featured The Maytals (also present on this soundtrack) and, in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo, producer Leslie Kong, who supervised the majority of the record.
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Jul 23, 2022 · The Harder They Come is based on the figure of ‘Rhyging,’ a real-life Jamaican outlaw from the 1940s known as ‘the original rude boy’. And this partly true crime story is very matter-of-fact in its presentation.
Aug 16, 2010 · Kong was behind Bob Marley’s earliest recordings “Judge Not” and “One Cup of Coffee” and was Jimmy Cliff’s producer, manager and mentor until his unexpected death in 1971. Four tracks on The Harder They Come feature the gentle caress of Kong’s production.
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"The Harder They Come" is a reggae song by the Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff. It was first recorded for the soundtrack of the 1972 movie of the same name, in which it is supposed to have been written by the film's main character, Ivanhoe Martin.
