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Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith; 22 November 1944) [3][4] is a Jamaican reggae and roots reggae recording musician who has achieved chart success in his home country and in the United Kingdom. He had several hits with the vocal group the Emotions. His song "Wet Dream" (1968) included overtly sexual lyrics and launched a new style of ...
Protoje. Oje Ken Ollivierre (born 14 June 1981), [1] popularly known as Protoje, is a Jamaican of Afro-European heritage, a contemporary reggae singer and songwriter. His mother is Jamaican singer and lawyer Lorna Bennett, best known for her 1972 rendition of "Breakfast in Bed". [2] His father is a former calypso singer Mike Ollivierre from the ...
IDJMG. Universal Records. Website. jclodge.net. J.C. Lodge (born June Carol Lodge, 1 December 1958), [1] is a British-Jamaican reggae singer, fine artist and teacher. Her breakthrough hit "Someone Loves You, Honey" became the best-selling single of 1982 in the Netherlands. Lodge is also an accomplished painter, having exhibited in Kingston art ...
History. Voicemail is a Dancehall, Reggae Fusion group that hails from the heart of Kingston in the beautiful island of Jamaica. The group have become synonymous with producing some of the best dance hits and boast a unique sound unlike any other in the island and the world. It was at a talent show in 1999 that five likeminded young men met and ...
Johnny Osbourne. Johnny Osbourne (born Errol Osbourne, 1948) [1] is one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time, who rose to success in the late 1970s and mid-1980s. His album Truths and Rights was a roots reggae success, and featured "Jah Promise" and the album's title track, "Truths and Rights".
Yami Bolo grew up in postal zone 13 of Kingston. His first professional job and exposure was with Sugar Minott 's Youth Promotion Crew. His first singles were released in 1986, produced by Minott, and he had his greatest success working with Augustus Pablo in the late 1980s and early 1990s, on singles such as "Struggle in Babylon". [1][2] In ...
The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. [1] Their first song was "Satta Massagana", which was strongly influenced by Carlton Manning's "Happy Land". "Satta Massagana" is a Rastafarian hymn sung partly in the Ethiopian Amharic language. [1] They recruited a third vocalist, who was still at school and ...
26 March 1962. Kingston, Jamaica. Genres. Reggae, dancehall. Years active. 1982–present. Labels. Greensleeves, Jammy's, Firehouse. Dennis Anthony Thomas (born 26 March 1962), better known as King Kong, is a Jamaican deejay /singer best known for his work in the 1980s.