His answer: a cover of a reggae song originally ... The song, The Tide Is High, became a global No. 1 hit in 1980 thanks to New Wave rock act Blondie. “When John walked across the stage to ...

Blessed with a smooth, mellow tenor at his most affecting on his 1967 rock steady composition “The Tide Is High”, a worldwide ... if cheesy The Reggae Christmas Hits Album.

John Holt first released The Tide is High as part of The Paragons in 1967 Reggae vocalist John Holt ... His only success in the UK came with his 1974 cover version of Kris Kristofferson's Help ...

Bongo Boy Music/Madacy Label Group will on May 15 release "Reggae Rocks - The Tide Is High," the first of a planned six-disc compilation series of reggae artists covering classic rock and pop songs.

John Holt, veteran reggae performer and member of ska-reggae ... Holt is perhaps best known for penning ‘The Tide Is High’, a song that later became a hit for Blondie and Atomic Kitten.

John Holt, a reggae singer ... known as lovers rock, but his output slowed in the last couple of decades of his life. Below, revisit the original version of "The Tide Is High." ...