Please answer the following question: What key details about horace faith can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: horace faith -lrb- born horace smith , jamaica -rrb- is a jamaican reggae singer . he is best known for his cover of the checkmates , ltd. song , '' black pearl '' , which reached number 13 in the uk singles chart in 1970 . released by trojan records -lrb- tr 7790 -rrb- , '' black pearl '' spent ten weeks in the uk singles chart in the latter half of 1970 , peaking at number 13 in october that year . coincidentally , the original version of the song by checkmates , ltd. , peaked at number 13 in the us '' billboard '' hot 100 in 1969 . the track was written by irwin levine , phil spector and toni wine . the b-side of faith 's single was '' help me help myself '' , which was written by johnny arthey and phil swern . the single was released in the united states by bell records . '' black pearl '' subsequently appeared on numerous compilation albums . faith 's later recordings included the self penned , '' i ca n't understand it '' , arranged by richard anthony hewson and produced by swern .
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- instrument is vocals- years active is 1970s- birth name is horace smith- genre is reggae- name is horace faith- background is solo_singer- label is b , djm & c , trojan , a & m- birth place is jamaica- occupation is singer