While trying to make a name in the music business during the early 1990’s, singer Little Hero would run into several major artists at recording studios or concerts. He pays tribute to them on Legends, a song from the Outta Jamaica Riddim album, released in May by Toronto-based Tasjay Productions.
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott and Edi Fitzroy are some of the artists the diminutive vocalist hails in Legends.
“I did this song because when they were alive they never got the respect they deserved. On my journey, I would buck up some of dem at shows; nuff respect due to dem,” he said.
The Outta Jamaica riddim features 16 songs on the revamped beat of the Sly and Robbie-produced Have you Ever Been in Love, a big hit for Brown in 1981.
Little Hero added that he befriended acts like Brown, Isaacs, Minott, Fitzroy and Jimmy Riley. All were alive when he got his breakthrough song in 1994 with God Alone, a ‘combination’ alongside deejays Merciless and Action Fire.
Other hits have come for him including No More War and Inna di Ghetto.
Born Paul Gayle, Little Hero is from Form Town, a district in rural St. Ann parish. One of the producers he initially recorded for was Courtney Cole who produced the first version of God Alone. Remixed with Merciless and Action Fire, the song quickly became a dancehall/radio hit.
Over the years, Little Hero has cut a number of songs with ‘God’ in their title. While stressing that he believes in a Supreme Being, he is not a Christian
“I’m not deeply religious but I sing songs with mostly conscious messages to the Most High,” he said.
Other artists and songs on the Outta Jamaica Riddim album are Anthony B who does Rock Steady, Luciano with New Sheriff and Rad Dixon with Keep The Children Safe
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