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West Indies Records Limited (WIRL) was a recording studio in Kingston, Jamaica [1] established by future Prime Minister Edward Seaga in 1958. [2] Seaga recruited and recorded many artists such as Higgs and Wilson, and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. As Seaga pursued his political career he sold it to Byron Lee in 1964, [3] who renamed it Dynamic ...
Michael "Ibo" Cooper OD (14 January 1952 – 12 October 2023) was a Jamaican reggae musician and musical educator. He was member of the pop-band Inner Circle and founding member of the reggae band Third World. [2]
Born in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, Davis started his singing career by entering local talent contests in the early 1960s. [2] He formed a group called The Westmorlites, but his big break came in 1969 when he was asked to join The Tennors by the group's director Clive Murphy, to replace the recently deceased Maurice Johnson. [1]
Millicent Dolly May Small CD (6 October 1947 – 5 May 2020) [1] [2] was a Jamaican singer who is best known for her international hit "My Boy Lollipop" (1964).The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million copies worldwide.
Tommy Cowan CD (born Thomas Lincoln Cowan, 6 April 1946, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a producer and singer, initially working in reggae but later concentrating on gospel, who has been involved in the music business since the 1960s. [1] [2] He is also an ordained Gospel minister and a justice of the peace.
Martin James Ziggy Norman Riley also known as Jimmy Riley was born in Jonestown, Kingston, Jamaica on 22 May 1947 to Leanora Riley and Alfred Riley. [2] [3] Riley grew up in the city's Waterhouse district and attended Kingston Senior School along with Slim Smith.
Dalton Harris (born 29 December 1993) is a Jamaican singer. In 2010, he won Digicel Rising Star , and subsequently signed with VP Records. In 2018, he won the final series of The X Factor in the United Kingdom.
They are prominently seen, playing "Jamaica Jump Up" on the bandstand at Pussfeller's calypso bar. Lee also worked as a producer, producing many of the ska singles by The Maytals , and his entrepreneurial skills led to him setting up the Byron Lee's Spectacular Show tour, which involved several Jamaican acts (including The Maytals) touring the ...