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Nitty Gritty
voc, 1957-1991 JM
Singer of Reggae
A.k.a. Glen Augustus Holness Glen Augustus Holeness
Glen Augustus Holness (1957–24 June 1991), otherwise known by his stage name Nitty Gritty, was a popular Reggae singer. Born in the August Town section of Kingston, Jamaica, he was the second of eleven children born to religious parents.
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Time 1 Singers - Continuous Mix on Time 1 Singers by Various Artists Sweet Reggae Music on Reggae Hits, Vol. 3 by Various Artists Trials and Crosses on Tribute To Nitty Gritty: Trial and Crosses by Nitty Gritty Good Morning Soundboy on Stone Love - Champion Sound, Vol. 1 by Various Artists Good Morning Teacher - Original Version on Good Morning Teacher by Nitty Gritty Hog Inna Minty on Tenor Saw Meets Nitty Gritty by Tenor Saw & Nitty Gritty Record Box: Time 1 - Continuous Mix on Record Box: Time 1 by Various Artists Auntie Lu Lu on Tenor Saw Meets Nitty Gritty by Tenor Saw & Nitty Gritty Run Down The World on Tenor Saw Meets Nitty Gritty by Tenor Saw & Nitty Gritty False Alarm on Tenor Saw Meets Nitty Gritty by Tenor Saw & Nitty GrittyTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracks Of Life / Rub A Dub Kill You | Dennis Brown / Nitty Gritty | 2015 | Single |
| Turn Them Back | Nitty Gritty | 2015 | Single |
| Brown In The Ring | Nitty Gritty | 2015 | Single |
| Dollars / Cocaine | Nitty Gritty / Sluggy Ranks | 2011 | Album |
| Try A Time / Trial And Crosses | Pad Anthony / Nitty Gritty | 2011 | Single |
| Butter Bread | Nitty Gritty | 2011 | Single |
| Play Round The World | Nitty Gritty | 2011 | Single |
| Good Morning Teacher | Nitty Gritty | 2010 | Single |
| Sweet Dreams | Nitty Gritty | 2010 | Single |
| Run Down The World | Nitty Gritty | 2007 | Compil. |
| Ready Done | Nitty Gritty | 2005 | Single |
| Gimme Some Ayour Something / My Special Girl | Nitty Gritty | 2004 | Album |
| We Run Things / Mek Dem Come / Run From Progress / No Work On Sunday | Nitty Gritty / Tenor Saw | 2003 | Single |
| Loving Feelings | Nitty Gritty | 2003 | Single |
| Identify Yourself / Used 2 B My Lover | Sugar Minott / Nitty Gritty | 2002 | Album |
| Ready Done | Nitty Gritty / The A Team Band | 2002 | Single |
| Ready Fi Dem / Double Breast | Nitty Gritty / Junior Demus | 2000 | Single |
| So Dem Come, So Dem Go | Nitty Gritty | 1999 | Single |
| 3 The Hard Way Roots | Devon Russell / Willi Williams / Nitty Gritty | 1996 | Compil. |
| Lightning Clap | Nitty Gritty | 1996 | Single |
| Duppy Afi Run / Farmin Afi Gwan | Nitty Gritty / Simpleton | 1996 | Album |
| Good Morning Teacher / Cellular Phone | Nitty Gritty Feat. Wise Intelligent / Bounty Killer | 1995 | Album |
| Quess I | Nitty Gritty | 1994 | Single |
| Tribute To Nitty Gritty Trial And Crosses | Nitty Gritty | 1994 | Compil. |
| With Lots Of Sign | Tenor Saw, Nitty Gritty | 1994 | Compil. |
| Trial & Crosses | Nitty Gritty | 1993 | Single |
| Hell A Top / I Love My Sensimela | Nitty Gritty / Top Cat | 1993 | Album |
| Turbo Charged & Trouble Again | Nitty Gritty & King Kong | 1992 | Compil. |
| Trodding Through The Dancehall | Nitty Gritty | 1992 | Single |
| Dollars / Ain't No Sunshine | Nitty Gritty / Anthony Malvo | 1992 | Album |
| Have You Ever / Summer Time | Jack Radics / Nitty Gritty | 1992 | Album |
| Bandooloo | Nitty Gritty | 1991 | Single |
| Duppy Come | Nitty Gritty | 1991 | Single |
| Ready Dun | Nitty Gritty | 1991 | Album |
| I Need Your Loving | Nitty Gritty | 1989 | Album |
| Yesterday Together | Nitty Gritty | 1989 | Album |
| Jah In The Family | Nitty Gritty | 1989 | Album |
| Mek Dem Come / Na Follow Dem | Nitty Gritty / Junior Wilson | 1988 | Album |
| Take A Walk | Nitty Gritty | 1988 | Single |
| Letting Off Steam | Nitty Gritty | 1988 | Single |
| Nitty Gritty | Nitty Gritty | 1988 | Album |
| Gate Man Hafi Bade | Nitty Gritty | 1988 | Single |
| General Penitentiary | Nitty Gritty | 1987 | Album |
| Lick Him Kill Him | Nitty Gritty | 1987 | Album |
| So Them Come So Them Go / Chatty Mouth People | Nitty Gritty / Admiral Bailey | 1987 | Album |
| Turn Dem Back | Nitty Gritty | 1987 | Single |
| Malfunction | Nitty Gritty | 1987 | Single |
| Loving Feeling | Nitty Gritty | 1987 | Single |
| Move Insane/ Mix Up// Sound Bwoy Bangarang | King Kong / Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Album |
| So Dem Come, So Dem Go | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Single |
| Creator / Love Fever | Nitty Gritty / Junior Brammer | 1986 | Album |
| Exit / Sweet Reggae Music | Dennis Brown / Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Album |
| Run Down The World | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Single |
| Man In A House | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Album |
| Tryal And Crosses | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Single |
| General Penitentiary | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Single |
| Turbo Charged | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Album |
| Original Banga Rang | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Album |
| Sweet Reggae Music / Don't Touch My Boops | Nitty Gritty / King Kong | 1986 | Album |
| Musical Confrontation | Nitty Gritty & King Kong | 1986 | Album |
| Loving Feeling | Nitty Gritty | 1986 | Album |
| False Alarm | Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Single |
| Hog In A Minty / Run Down The World | Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Album |
| Hog Ina Me Minty | Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Single |
| Gimme Some A Your Something | Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Album |
| Undercover Lover / Trials & Crosses | Josey Wales / Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Album |
| Come Along / False Alarm | Wayne Smith / Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Album |
| Solomon | Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Single |
| Power House Presents Tenor Saw And Nitty Gritty | Tenor Saw & Nitty Gritty | 1985 | Album |
| Them A Open Fire & Tryal and Crosses | Little Richie, Nitty Gritty | 1984 | Album |
| Every Man A Seller | Nitty Gritty | 1983 | Single |
| Morning Train | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Smile A While | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| False Alarm | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Mamma Say / Fresh / Watch Your Step | Nitty Gritty | Album | |
| Ready Don / Gimme Something / Burst Them Shirt / Fussing & Fighting | Nitty Gritty, Super Black, Al Campbell | Album | |
| Ready Done (Remix 2K2) | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| In A Me Sick | Nitty Gritty | Album | |
| Bandooloo / Look At You | Carlton Livingston / Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Make Them Come / Ina Mi Sick / B.P. Love | Nitty Gritty, Earl Cunningham | Album | |
| See Dem De / Meriam | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Got A Date / Lazy Bench | Nitty Gritty / Louie Culture | Single | |
| Mek dem come | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Ma. Ma Say / Standing In The Dance / Watch It | Nitty Gritty | Album | |
| One Auntie Lulu | Nitty Gritty | Album | |
| Got To Make It | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Run Down The World/Good Morning Teacher/Deh With You/Meadleys | Nitty Gritty / Sugar Black / Cocoa Tea | Album | |
| See Dem Dey | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Excuse Me | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Got A Date | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Mek Dem Come | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Use To Be My Lover | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| We Run Things / DJ Dey Yah | Nitty Gritty / Uglyman | Album | |
| Letting Off Steam / Sure Shot Melody | Nitty Gritty / Hopeton James | Album | |
| Smile A While | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| We Run Things / Version | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Excuse Me | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| One Auntie Lulu | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Rhythm Blues | Nitty Gritty | Album | |
| Smile A While | Nitty Gritty | Album | |
| Excuse Me / Look At You | Nitty Gritty / Carlton Livingston | Single | |
| How We A Go Cross River Jordan | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Dollars | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| See Them Deh | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| Run Around The World / Trouble Again | Nitty Gritty / King Kong | Album | |
| Border Line | Nitty Gritty | Single | |
| We Run Things | Nitty Gritty, Tenor Saw | Compil. |
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