Beverley Kelso

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Beverley Kelso
BornApril 1948
Kingston, Jamaica
Genres Ska
Years active1963–1965
Labels Studio One

Beverley Kelso (born April 1948) [1] is a Jamaican singer best known as an early member of The Wailers.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she attended Miss Nembhard Preparatory School and Denham Town Primary School in Kingston. [1]

She was a backing vocalist, and one of the founding members of The Wailers (between 1963 and 1965). [2] According to Kelso, she sang on 25 tracks by the group, the last in late 1965. [1]

Kelso emigrated to the United States in 1979. [3]

The deaths of Junior Braithwaite in 1999, of Cherry Smith in 2008, and of Bunny Wailer in 2021 have left Kelso as the only surviving founding member of the Wailers. [4]

In 2012 she stated that she was planning to write a book about her time in The Wailers. [3] She now lives in Brooklyn, New York. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Beverley Kelso Gives The Wailers A Sound", Jamaica Gleaner , 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014
  2. Moskowitz, David (2007). The Words and Music of Bob Marley . Praeger Publishers. ISBN   0-275-98935-6.
  3. 1 2 Walters, Basil (2012) "Kelso says It Hurts To Be Alone Archived 19 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine ", Jamaica Observer , 5 August 2012, retrieved 6 August 2012
  4. "Original Wailer Junior Braithwaite Murdered In Jamaica". Yahoo! Music. 4 June 1999. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2010.