After a one-month hiatus, the Live at Studio 38 concert series returns this Sunday, at the Pulse Center, Trafalgar Road, with the inimitable John Holt and prolific chart topping singer, George Nooks. Holt’s masterful performance at the first ever show in the Studio 38 series in January, left his audience clamoring for more.

Both artistes will be backed by Lloyd Parks and We the People Band.

Like most great singers, George Nooks started his musical career in the church. A former youth choir member, George soon found out that he wanted to do much more than sing in a choir. Before long, he was performing at school concerts and according to him he “always managed to mash up the place.”

He gained momentum in 1994 with the release of the single/video “I Don’t Care/Bad Minded People”. It was an instant hit that increased his visibility and quickly made George Nooks a force to contend with. Also in 1994, Legendary Records released “Love In Time” a smooth ballad which was followed by “Hold It Down” (Total Records). Van Gibbs, the Palm Tree Enterprises producer, whose hits included “Hotstepper” (Ini Kamoze), released “Not Guilty” with Nooks. The song did well on the international scene, bringing home the point that Nooks’ success was no “one hit wonder”.

Born in Kingston, George Nooks attended Oberlin High School and after leaving school he tried his best to get into the music business by entering and winning several talent shows. It was not long before he was making guest appearances at stage shows. Later came recording contracts with Chinna Smith and Dennis Brown, but those songs went nowhere. Nooks’ first hit came when he recorded the song ‘Forty Leg Dread”, (recorded under the name of Prince Mohammed) which was aided by the rumour that a dread was found with forty legs in his hair.

Even as “Forty Leg Dread” was enjoying chart success, George released “Tribal War” (under the name of George Nooks). He pulled off something no singer had managed to achieve, having two hit songs simultaneously under two different names.

When it comes to making hit songs, Nooks has it down pat. Bridge Over Troubled Water, How Great Thou Art and God Is Standing By have cemented Nooks into the hearts of music lovers, holding top spots on the charts under two different names, as Prince Mohammed with Forty Leg and as George Nooks with Tribal War.

With many recordings and over 25 hits with various producers and record labels in Jamaica, including a Platinum record for One Time Daughter/Someone Loves You Honey (Ariola/J.Gibbs) George Nooks took pole position as one of the hottest DJs around town. This has taken him on a world tour performing in Europe, Canada, United States and the Caribbean Islands. The singer has been enjoying chart success with singles such as Bridge Over Troubled Water’, How Great Thou Art and God Is Always There.