Barrington Ainsworth Levy is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist.
Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer,producer and sound-system operator.
Dub is an electronic musical style that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is commonly considered a subgenre of reggae,though it has developed to extend beyond that style. Generally,dub consists of remixes of existing recordings created by significantly manipulating the original,usually through the removal of vocal parts,emphasis of the rhythm section,the application of studio effects such as echo and reverb,and the occasional dubbing of vocal or instrumental snippets from the original version or other works.
Simply Red are a British soul and pop band formed in Manchester in 1985. The band is led by singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall,who,by the time the band initially disbanded in 2010,was the only original member left. They have released thirteen studio albums,spanning from Picture Book (1985) through Time (2023),all of which have peaked within the top ten on the UK Albums Chart;with the albums A New Flame (1989),Stars (1991),Life (1995) and Blue (1998),along with their Greatest Hits (1996) album,reaching number one. Their 1991 album Stars is one of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom.
John Joseph Wardle,known by the stage name Jah Wobble,is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s;he left the band after two albums.
Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles,writing in The New York Times,described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".
Michael Rose is a Jamaican reggae singer. He is most widely known for a successful tenure as the lead singer for Black Uhuru from 1977 to 1984,followed by a lengthy solo career. He has been praised as "one of Jamaica's most distinguished singers" and for launching a distinctive form of reggae singing that originated in his home neighborhood of Waterhouse in Kingston.
Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo,associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. Shakespeare died in December 2021 following kidney surgery.
Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career,which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven,he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock,a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer,dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae",and Brown would prove influential on future generations of reggae singers.
Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington,Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music.
The Roots Radics Band was formed in 1978 by bass player Errol "Flabba" Holt,guitarist Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont and drummer Lincoln "Style" Scott. The nucleus of Holt and Lamont had previously worked together in the group The Morwells and in the backing band for Prince Far I called The Arabs. They were joined by many musicians,including guitarist Noel "Sowell" Bailey,Dwight Pinkney and Steve Golding,keyboard player Wycliffe "Steelie" Johnson,Pianist Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson and saxophonist Headley Bennett. As a combined force the Roots Radics became a well-respected studio and stage band,which dominated the sound in the first half of the 1980s. In addition to their own catalogue,they have worked with artists such as Bunny Wailer,Gregory Isaacs,Michael Prophet,Eek-A-Mouse,and Israel Vibration.
Culture Press is an independent record label from UK specialized in Jamaican music.
Night Nurse is a 1982 studio album by Gregory Isaacs.
The Mothmen were a short-lived post-punk band from England,formed around 1979 by Dave Rowbotham,Chris Joyce and Tony Bowers,shortly after they left The Durutti Column,including ex-Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias singer Bob Harding.
Blue is the sixth studio album by British band Simply Red. It was released by East West Records on 19 May 1998 in the United Kingdom. Initially conceived as a cover album,it features production from lead singer Mick Hucknall as well as Andy Wright,Gota Yashiki,Stevie J,and Joe "Jake" Carter. Hucknall,Wright,and Yashiki are the only musicians featured in the Blue CD booklet's photography;this is a first for a Simply Red album,as all prior albums featured photos of the various band members credited.
Night nurse may refer to:
Augustus "Gussie" Clarke is a reggae producer who worked with some of the top Jamaican reggae artists in the 1970s and later set up his own Music Works studio.
Axiom Collection series of albums are compilations from the Axiom record label released between 1991 and 1996.
Front Line was a reggae subsidiary of Virgin Records established in 1978. Over forty albums were issued on the label before it folded in 1979.
Friends is an album by Sly and Robbie,released in 1997. It was released in the U.S. the following year. In 1999,the album earned the duo the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. Two singles,"Night Nurse" and "Penny Lover",both cover versions,charted in the UK,reaching numbers 13 and 94 respectively.
