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Larry Marshall was born in Lawrence Park in Saint Ann Parish in 1941. He left St. Ann in 1957 and travelled to Kingston.[3] Marshall's musical career stretches back to the early 1960s, his initial inspiration being Ben E. King.[4] Between 1962 and 1967, he had minor hits for producers such as E. Henry ("Too Young To Love"), Philip Yap ("Promise Is a Comfort to a Fool" and "Snake In The Grass"), Coxsone Dodd ("Please Stay"), and Prince Buster ("I've Got Another Girl" and "Suspicion").[1] His greatest successes came in the late 1960's when he teamed up with Alvin Leslie in the duo Larry & Alvin, recording hits for Dodd's Studio One label such as the massive Jamaican hit "Nanny Goat" which is regarded as the record that began the shift from rocksteady to reggae,[2] followed by "Hush Up", "Your Love", and "Mean Girl".[1] "Throw Me Corn" also became a big hit in Jamaica when released in 1971.[1] Marshall also recorded as a duo with Enid Cumberland, as Larry & Enid.