Born Rudolph Thomas in Kingston, Jamaica on 12 July 1951, Ruddy Thomas started recording at Studio One in the early 1970s, moved later to Treasure Isle and from 1975 on he was part of Joe Gibbs' studio band, The Professionals, where he worked as a percussionist. In the 1980s he was a busy recording engineer as well as singer on solos on the British Hawkeye label and duets with female reggae singers such as Susan Cadogan. Ruddy Thomas died on 10 June 2006, whilst performing on stage in Port Antonio, JA. It was an untimely end for the musical pioneer who gave Hawkeye label its first number one hit in 1981 with Just One Moment Away, a song which topped the British charts.
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