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Roy decided to re-issue some of his old material on an album titled Prophesy. [2] A new album, Live On , was released in 1991, and he worked with Adrian Sherwood and Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie on the 1996 album Long Time , which featured a new take on an earlier single, "Righteous Man", which he had originally recorded in 1973 for Bullwackie ...
The following month he won awards for Best Song (for "Smile Jamaica") and Best Music Video (for "Here Comes Trouble") at the 33rd International Reggae & World Music Awards. [22] He founded his own ZincFence Recordz production house along with producer Romain "Teflon" Arnett and co-producer/engineer Ricardo "Shadyz" Lynch. [ 4 ]
Born 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica, [1] Little John was so called as he began performing and recording at the age of nine. [2] He first recorded for Captain Sinbad's Youth in Progress label (including debut single "51 Storm"), and is regarded by some as the first dancehall singer, known for his ability to create lyrics over any backing track.
Jimmy London (born Trevor Shaw, 30 November 1949 in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer who first recorded in the late 1960s, and achieved chart success both in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in the early and mid-1970s.
Studio One is one of Jamaica's most renowned record labels and recording studios; it has been described as the Motown of Jamaica. The record label was involved with most of the major music movements in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1970s, including ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub and dancehall.
Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, OJ (8 December 1942 – 11 September 2020) [2] was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and helped establish some of the fundamentals of reggae music.
[1] [2] He contributed to some of the early live dancehall albums in 1983 and 1984. While touring the UK, he recorded a brace of singles for Fashion Records, and recorded with Sugar Minott. He continued to record until the early 1990s, sometimes credited simply as Ringo. He died in July 2005, after suffering for some time from cocaine addiction ...
Winston Foster OD, [1] [2] (1956 [3] or 15 January 1959 [4]) better known by the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay.He first became popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, rising to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.