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KINGSTON’S GREENWICH TOWN COMMUNITY TO HONOR THE LEGENDARY DERRICK MORGAN AND BUNNY LEE!
By Basil Walters— Derrick Morgan and Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee have inspired many star performers from Greenwich Town—. THE Greenwich Town community in Kingston will honor two of its outstanding musical sons — producer Bunny Lee and singer Derrick Morgan — on Friday. They will receive the Upliftment Award at the neighbourhood’s Resource Centre. The function is part of a week-long celebration, which started Sunday. Friday’s event will also recognise persons from Greenwich Town, who have excelled in sports and education. “Both Bunny and Derrick have inspired so many of our star performers. By contributing so much to the music, they are deserving of this recognition,” said Tony Mack of the Greenwich Town Community Development Committee. Morgan, who was born in Mocho, Clarendon, is a ska pioneer, who honed his career in Greenwich Town. He first came to … Read entire article »
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“BLUE BEAT” BROUGHT JAMAICAN MUSIC TO THE SHORES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM!
Prince Buster— To the highly incognisant music lover, the term ‘Blue Beat’ is limited to being just a synonym for ‘ska’ – a type of popular music that is fast, with a strong off-beat that entered Jamaican music around the time of Independence. It was much more than that: The term ‘Blue Beat’ became very popular, especially in the United Kingdom (UK), following a mass migration of Jamaican recording artists to those shores in the early 1960s, triggered by the prospects of greater financial rewards. It resulted in a massive proliferation of Jamaican music in the United Kingdom. Included in the first Jamaican musical brain drain of the 1960s, were Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards, Laurel Aitken, Owen Gray, trombonist Rico Rodriguez, Kentrist Fagan (better known as Girl Satchmo), and the lollipop girl, Millie Small. EARLY PIONEERS The move was indeed the first … Read entire article »
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“TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS” TO HONOR BEVERLEY’S RECORDS FOUNDER LESLIE KONG, JULY 27 IN KINGSTON!
By Howard Campbell— Leslie Kong—- The 17th staging of Tribute To The Greats takes place July 27 at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St Andrew. Dubbed ‘The Chinese Connection’, it salutes the contribution of the Chinese to Jamaica’s popular music. Today, the Sunday Observer starts a six-part series on some of the recipients. When Leslie Kong died in August 1971, he was arguably the most successful Jamaican music producer in terms of overseas impact. Kong died suddenly of an heart attack at age 38. He was at his peak as a producer, having released a number of hit songs by Derrick Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker and the Aces and The Maytals through his Beverley’s Records. History will probably remember Kong best as the person who produced Judge Not, a 1962 song by a teenaged … Read entire article »
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“THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL” ANNOUNCES ITS BIG LINE-UP FOR APRIL 17-20!
The London International Ska Festival returns to the capital this Easter, April 17-20, with 50 acts from around the world across 15 events at famed and iconic London venues. Headline acts include Jamaican legends Horace Andy, Derrick Morgan, Keith & Tex (making their debut United Kingdom appearance), Ken Parker, Mad Professor, Dennis Bovell and Jazz Jamaica. The venues include the lawns of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square (screening Madness’ 1981 Take It … Read entire article »
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DESMOND DEKKER FOUND HIS GENESIS IN THE VERSES OF EXODUS!
Desmond Dekker (left) and the Aces performing their 1968 Festival Song, ‘Intensified Festival’.— ‘Honour your Father and your Mother that your days may be long in the land’ – an excerpt from Exodus 20 verse 12, is one of the commandments handed down on tablets of stone to Moses by the Almighty. It must have occupied a very special place in the heart of a young Desmond Dacres, for him to choose that verse as the … Read entire article »
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TRINIDADIAN LORD CREATOR ARRIVED IN TIME FOR JAMAICA’S INDEPENDENCE – AND TOOK THE SPOTLIGHT!
Exactly 50 years ago, during the build-up to the 1962 Independence celebrations in Jamaica, a 26-year-old gentleman arrived in Jamaica, totally oblivious to what fortunes, misfortunes, and fame were awaiting him. He was actually passing through the island with a group of entertainers on a Caribbean tour, when he was intercepted by Vincent ‘Randy’ Chin at the Havana Night Club along Windward Road in Kingston. Chin asked the gentleman to compose a song about Jamaica’s Independence, due on August … Read entire article »
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UNSUNG: VERE JOHNS ONE OF JAMAICAN MUSIC’S TRUEST HEROES!
Vere Johns The name Vere Johns may mean very little to many though, quite ironically, it is a name that carries a lot of weight in terms of its relation to Jamaican music in its embryonic stages. It is quite reasonable to assume that without Johns’ contribution, Jamaica’s popular music might never have attained the heights it has today. The most unsung and underrated hero in Jamaican music, Johns single-handedly unearthed and exposed many aspiring artistes through the very famous … Read entire article »
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REMEMBERING THE LEGENDARY ARTHUR “DUKE” REID OF TREASURE ISLE RECORDS!
Duke Reid’s Sound System at work. By Roy Black—– When Duke Reid was crowned king of sound and blues at the Success Club in Kingston in the late 1950s, he was well on his way to becoming one of, if not the most colourful and popular record producer in early Jamaican music. His vision, energy and taste for music were good foundation for the production of hundreds of top-class ska, rocksteady and reggaerecordings during the 1960s and ’70s on his … Read entire article »
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DID YOU KNOW THAT NO ONE WANTED TO SING THIS SONG?
By Marlon Burrell Did you know that when Max Romeo wrote the song “Wet Dream” he did not want to record it himself? He brought the song to producer Bunny Lee who offered the song first to Derrick Morgan, who declined to sing the song. The producer then offered the song to the late Slim Smith, who also declined to record the song. Lee then convinced Romeo to sing the song himself and “Wet Dream” turned … Read entire article »
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