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Bobby Bloom

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American singer-songwriter

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1946-01-15
Active to
1974-02-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16,373
Total plays
62,827

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Bobby Bloom (1946 - February 28, 1974) was an American singer-songwriter. He is known best for being a one-hit wonder with the 1970 song "Montego Bay," which was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry. In the early 1960s, Bloom had been a member of the doo-wop group, The Imaginations. He received a big break in 1969 when he was awarded a contract to write and record a jingle for Pepsi, paving the way for his later success with "Montego Bay." He also played a role as a songwriter for the Kama Su

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