Entries tagged with "Duke Reid"

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DENNIS ALCAPONE, THE MUSICAL AMBASSADOR!

June 11th, 2017 | Add a Comment

By Roy Black— Dennis Alcapone— Another of the international ambassadors for the Jamaican music industry is Dennis Alcapone, who became well known in the 1960’s and 1970’s for his DJ recordings and performances. But if one were to measure Alcapone’s achievements solely on the basis of his rapping attributes, one would certainly be doing him an injustice. The entertainer serves as an important link between Jamaican artists in the diaspora and the general public, especially those at home. In … Read entire article »

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LEGENDARY SINGER/PRODUCER DERRICK HARRIOTT MAKES THE HITS IN DIFFERENT VOICES!

October 3rd, 2016 | Add a Comment

By Roy Black— Derrick Harriott— Three distinct phases to his career – two with the Jiving Juniors and one as a solo artist; two different voices that created hits for nearly three decades. These are credentials that belong to only one man in Jamaica’s popular music history: the legendary Derrick Harriott. Harriott had hits using both his tenor and falsetto voices for nearly three decades. Like many of Jamaica’s successful singers in early popular music, Harriott began with a group before making the transition to solo artist. However, he took a different route from his contemporaries in making that transition as he performed with the group, The Jiving Juniors, in two different phases of their existence – one phase in Jamaica and the other in New York. Although using two different line-ups (Harriott sang with both … Read entire article »

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FEMALE ROCKSTEADY SINGERS IMPACTED A MALE-DOMINATED ERA!

July 3rd, 2016 | Add a Comment

Marcia Griffiths—- Any attempt to compile a top-10 listing of the best female rocksteady vocalists, could prove a very interesting, but challenging exercise. In a two-year blitz that spawned the year 1967 and most of 1968, the rocksteady beat, from which reggae emerged, dominated the Jamaican popular music scene and was almost exclusively dominated by male artists like Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Slim Smith, Bob Andy and others. Also in the mix were … Read entire article »

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REGGAE’S INFLUENTIAL FORERUNNER, ROCK STEADY, CELEBRATES ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY!

July 1st, 2016 | Add a Comment

By Patricia Meschino—- When veteran Jamaican singer Leroy Sibbles took the stage at the St. Kitts Music Festival, the audience drew closer to savor his smooth delivery of vintage hits including “Fattie Fattie,” “Party Time” and “Why Did You Leave?” Sibbles, former lead vocalist of the legendary The Heptones (formed in the 60’s with the late Barry Llewellyn and Earl Morgan) was featured on the festival’s Friday Reggae Night, but the classics he performed don’t quite … Read entire article »

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VARYING ACCOUNTS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PARAGONS, BUT BOB ANDY AND JOHN HOLT GAVE AUTHENTIC STORIES!

June 12th, 2016 | Add a Comment

Bob Andy– Last week’s article showcased a couple of the commonly accepted inaccuracies in early Jamaican popular music, and sought to provide credible evidences to substantiate those claims. There were several other instances of such inaccuracies, some posted on social media and other well-reputed websites. It would appear that in the music’s formative years, the major players in the dissemination of information about Jamaica’s popular music were not so much concerned about proper documentation, but more about … Read entire article »

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VETERAN MUSICIAN GLADSTONE “GLADDY” ANDERSON DIES AT 81!

December 10th, 2015 | Add a Comment

Gladdy Anderson— Gladstone ‘Gladdy’ Anderson, a prolific musician who made his mark in the rocksteady era, died on December 3 at age 81. Kingsley Goodison, Anderson’s close friend, told the Jamaica Observer that he passed away but did not disclose the cause of death. A keyboardist, Anderson mainly worked as a session musician for producer Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid’s Treasure Isle label where he started his career in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, Anderson was a member of several high-profile bands including the Jets, Harry J All Stars, Supersonics and the Dynamites.Some of his bandmates included saxophonist Tommy McCook, guitarist Lynn Taitt, bassist Jackie Jackson and organist Winston Wright. With the Jets, he played on Take it Easy, the 1966 song by singer Hopeton Lewis, regarded as the first rocksteady record. In 2012, Anderson was recognized by … Read entire article »

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LLOYD PARKS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE TECHNIQUES WITH “LLOYD PARKS SINGS THE TECHNIQUES!”

October 5th, 2015 | Add a Comment

Lloyd Parks & Everald Gayle– LIKE many musically-inclined youth in Jamaica during the late 1960s, Lloyd Parks was a big fan of rocksteady music. His group of choice was The Techniques. One of reggae’s top bass players, Parks had a stint with the revered vocal group early in his career. He pays tribute to them on his upcoming album, Lloyd Parks Sings The Techniques. “They’ve always been one of my favourite groups an’ seeing that I’m planning to … Read entire article »

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THE MANY VICTORIES OF PRINCE BUSTER!

May 31st, 2015 | Add a Comment

By Roy Black— Prince Buster— Legendary Jamaican ska singer, songwriter, record producer, and sound system operator of the 1960’s, Prince Buster, celebrated a birthday last week. The milestone revives memories of some of the most intriguing and dramatic episodes concerning Buster in early Jamaican music. A man with extraordinary pugilistic tendencies, Buster was a Muslim, a boxer, and a self-acclaimed defender of the underdog. His pugilistic abilities were put to the test as a strong-armed gateman at Clement Dodd’s (Coxson) dances during the late 1950’s. Buster, whose correct name is Cecil Campbell, revealed to me in an interview some years ago that he viewed Coxson then, as an underdog in the sound system business when compared to others like, King Edward ‘The Giant’ and Duke Reid ‘The Trojan’, and being a defender of the … Read entire article »

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ALTON ELLIS FACED MANY HURDLES IN HIS EFFORT TO HELP BUILD ROCK STEADY AND REGGAE MUSIC!

March 1st, 2015 | Add a Comment

As we come to the close of Reggae Month 2015, it is important that we remember the struggles and impediments that Alton Ellis encountered in his efforts to help establish the rocksteady and reggae genres at home and abroad. Ellis’ struggles began shortly after he recorded his first record and first hit, titled Muriel, for producer, Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd in 1957. It was the first recording by Dodd, done for marketing purposes, as all his previous recordings were only played on his sound system. With its slow, relaxed doo-wop style, the words, written by one of Ellis’ friends, and sung in duet with Eddie Parkins, was on the lips of almost every music enthusiast at the time: ‘If I had a pair of wings, over the prison walls I’d fly until I find … Read entire article »

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THE LEGENDARY DOBBY DOBSON – HIS STORY!

February 22nd, 2015 | Add a Comment

To the well-reputed 1960s Kingston College headmaster, Douglas Forrest, it is almost an unforgivable sin for a student with a talent for singing to not find himself in the school’s choir. The choir, which at the time was rated as the best in the Caribbean, produced several outstanding vocalists in Jamaican popular music. The story goes that a popular Jamaican morning-radio presenter, while being a student at Kingston College, made the impolitic mistake of not offering himself as a chorister, and was severely reprimanded by Forrest, this after it was revealed that the radio presenter, a schoolboy at the time, had placed second on the very popular Vere Johns Opportunity Hour talent show. The cool-voiced crooner, Dobby Dobson, his schoolmate and the man of the moment, surely didn’t find himself in that … Read entire article »

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