Career
Born in Bog Walk, about 2 miles from Kent Village, Donaldson first recorded for Studio One in 1964, although producer Clement Dodd declined to release the material. "Cherry Oh Baby" has been covered by both The Rolling Stones (on their 1976 album, Black and Blue) and UB40 (on their 1983 album, Labour of Love). The riddim has remained extremely popular – over thirty cover versions have been recorded, including an update by Donaldson himself.
Two of his festival winners ("Sweet Jamaica" (1977) and "Land of My Birth" (1978)) were written by Winston Wallace.
In 2005 he was arrested on Saint Vincent for possession of marijuana, and in 2011 was fined $100 in Jamaica for a similar offence. Donaldson currently lives in Kent Village, Jamaica where he runs the "Cherry Oh Baby Go-Go" Barometer
