[3] Marshall's musical career stretches back to the early 1960s, his initial inspiration being Ben E.
[4] Between 1962 and 1967, he had minor hits for producers such as E. Henry ("Too Young To Love"), Philip Yap ("Promise Is a Comfort to a Fool" and "Snake In The Grass"), Coxsone Dodd ("Please Stay"), and Prince Buster ("I've Got Another Girl" and "Suspicion").
[1] His greatest successes came in the late 1960s when he teamed up with Alvin Leslie in the duo Larry & Alvin, recording hits for Dodd's Studio One label (where he had been working as an assistant engineer) such as the massive Jamaican hit "Nanny Goat" which is regarded as the record that began the shift from rocksteady to reggae,[2][5][6] followed by "Hush Up", "Your Love", and "Mean Girl".
[8] Marshall moved to Miami, and having not received significant financial reward for his musical career, supported himself by working on building sites.
He died at his home in Miami on 24 August 2017, aged 75, from complications of Alzheimer's disease, from which he had suffered for ten years.