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The Story Of Lovers' Rock", Jamaica Observer, 25 September 2011, retrieved 2012-06-05 Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn. , Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4 Hebdige, Dick (1987) Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music , Routledge, ISBN 978-0415058759
Lovers rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s.
In the 1990s he set up his own Imperial House label and became known primarily for his lovers rock material, enjoying big hits with "Sugar Love" and "Strong Love", but also recorded more roots-oriented music with albums such as Iyaman (1994). In 1991 he was named 'Best Male Artist' in the British Reggae Industry Awards. [5]
Samantha Rose (born 1954 in Jamaica) was a lovers rock reggae singer, who was active from the mid 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s. She recorded in London for producers that included Winston Curtis and Les Cliff and is perhaps best known for her interpretation of Marlena Shaw's version of the much covered "Go Away Little Boy" and for her cover of "Angel of the Morning".
Dennis Bovell MBE (born 22 May 1953) is a Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer, based in the United Kingdom. He was a member of a progressive rock group called Stonehenge, who later changed name and became the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym ...
The trio enjoyed unprecedented success, topping the UK reggae charts on three occasions. Brown Sugar's first chart-topper in 1977, "I'm in Love With a Dreadlocks", was also the first release on the new Lover's Rock record label formed by Dennis Harris, John Kpiaye and Dennis Bovell. The record label title became the adopted definition for the ...
He released his first single in 1993 and immediately entered the British reggae charts. [2] His first three singles and debut album all topped the charts, and he received six awards at the 1994 British Reggae Industry Awards. [2] He then teamed up with General Saint and released a series of records, including a version of Neil Sedaka's "Oh!
She also recorded duets with Sugar Minott ("Make It with You") and Trevor Walters ("Love Won't Let Us Wait"), as well as continuing with regular solo reggae chart hits. Thompson opted to join the Sheffield-based jazz-funk aggregation Floy Joy in 1984 where she featured on one album and scored two minor hits with the soul ballad " Until You Come ...