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Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) " Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) " is a song by jazz trumpeter Tom Browne. The single—a memoir of the Jamaica neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens where Browne was born and raised—is from his second solo album, Love Approach. Browne got the idea for the song while he was at his parents' home. [2]
The single featured on the Sidewalk University album. He is largely credited as being one of the original acts to cross hip-hop with reggae music, [4] now known as reggae fusion, with songs such as "Try My Love" in 1992. [5] Shinehead's vocal talent can be heard across various tracks on the Unity (1988) and The Real Rock (1990) albums.
Producer (s) Paul Simon. Art Garfunkel. Roy Halee. " The Only Living Boy in New York " is a song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel. It is the eighth track from the duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water. The song was also issued as the B-side to the duo's "Cecilia" single.
Contents. Island Girl. For the Finnish film, see Saariston tyttö. " Island Girl " is a 1975 song by English musician Elton John. It was written by John and his songwriting collaborator Bernie Taupin and released as the first single from the album Rock of the Westies (1975). It reached number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the ...
The Blues Busters was a vocal duo from Jamaica formed in 1960, consisting of Philip James (9 March 1941 – 1989) and Lloyd Osbourne Campbell (31 December 1941 – 1992). [1] [2] The Blues Busters was the most consistently popular Jamaican male duo of the early 1960s, [3] and among the Jamaican artists who performed at the 1964 New York World's Fair. [4]
The new version was commercially successful, reaching number 15 in the UK charts in mid-1990. [7] In 2010, Sting re-recorded the song in an orchestral version for his album Symphonicities. "Englishman/African in New York", a reworking of the song recorded with African artist Shirazee was released as a non-album digital-only single on 19 March ...
Rude boy is a subculture that originated from 1960s Jamaican street culture. [ 1 ] In the late 1970s, there was a revival in England of the terms rude boy and rude girl, among other variations like rudeboy and rudebwoy, being used to describe fans of two-tone and ska. This revival of the subculture and term was partially the result of Jamaican ...
by Albert Hague and Marty Brill. "Audubon" by Sonny Rollins. "Audubon Ballroom" by Anthony Davis. "Aurélie New York City" by Gerard Lenorman. "Auto Theft in New York City" by Ism. "Autumn in New York" by Vernon Duke sung by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie and many more. "The Ave." by Blue Scholars.