John Lester Nash Jr. was born on born August 19, 1940 in Houston, Texas He is an Americanreggaeand pop music singer-song ... 6311 additonal characters for paid subscriptions ... ight, with the exception of a brief resurgence in the mid-1980s with the albumHere Again(1986), which was preceded by the minor UK hit, "Rock Me Baby." Younger audiences were introduced to Nash's music with the appearance of Jimmy Cliff's cover of "I Can See Clearly Now" in Disney's 1993 hit film Cool Runnings.