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Johnny Wakelin

Johnny Wakelin is a UK artist who enjoyed success during the mid-1970s national disco scene with a pair of hits paying tribute to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, "Black Superman" and "In Zaire." Born in Brighton, East Sussex on 30 November 1939, he cut his teeth on the local cabaret circuit before getting discovered by Pye Records producer Robin Blanchflower, who had famously steered Carl Douglas towards chart victory with "Kung Fu Fighting" in 1974. Recorded as Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band, the reggae-infused "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)" became a top 1o hit in Australia and...