Dennis Alcapone ~ Similar Artists
The Heptones
- 92% match to Dennis Alcapone
Leroy Sibbles (1949, Jamaica, West Indies), Barry Llewellyn (b. 25 December 1947, Jamaica, West Indies) and Earl Morgan (b. 25 November 1945, Jamaica, West Indies) were without doubt the foremost rocksteady and reggae vocal trio, and their work together, especially for Studio...
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Dennis Brown
- 80% match to Dennis Alcapone
Dennis Emanuel Brown, 1 February 1957, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 1 July 1999, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Regularly billed as "the Crown Prince of Reggae", it was only Brown's self-effacing nature that denied him advancement to the office of king. Loved in reggae...
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Sugar Minott
- 65% match to Dennis Alcapone
Lincoln Barrington Minott, 25 May 1956, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Minott was probably reggae music's brightest hope throughout the early 80s, but his refusal to compromise and turn his back on either his roots or his ghetto companions has marginalized his influence, and he...
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Barrington Levy
- 63% match to Dennis Alcapone
30 April 1964, Clarendon, Jamaica, West Indies. Barrington Levy was one of the first singers to challenge the dominance of DJs in 80s dancehall reggae, although his earliest recording, under the name of the Mighty Multitude ("My Black Girl" in 1977), predated that era. Another...
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The Paragons
- 63% match to Dennis Alcapone
This R&B vocal group was formed in 1955 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. With their high false falsetto and exotic warbling, the Paragons represented a rock 'n' roll doo-wop sound - sometimes called "greasy" - that was extremely popular on the east coast in the late 50s. The...
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One of the most famous Jamaican vocal groups of the 70s and 80s, the Mighty Diamonds was formed in 1969 by lead vocalist Donald "Tabby" Shaw with Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson providing the harmonies and occasional lead. They recorded unsuccessfully for...
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Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Griffiths is arguably the most consistently successful female vocalist in the history of reggae music, having recorded in every one of the myriad of styles in Jamaican music, from ska through to an 80s rap crossover record. Her precocious talent...
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Gregory Isaacs
- 55% match to Dennis Alcapone
15 July 1950, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Reggae superstar Gregory Isaacs has seldom looked back during a career that has gone from strength to strength, and while many rock stars like to toy with an "outlaw" image, Isaacs is the real thing - the ultimate rude boy reggae...
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Junior Delgado
- 55% match to Dennis Alcapone
Oscar Hibbert, 25 August 1958, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 11 April 2005, London, England. While still at school, Junior "Jux" Delgado won prizes for singing at concerts and local talent contests. In 1973, Lee Perry produced his first recordings, "Reaction" and "The...
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The Techniques
- 50% match to Dennis Alcapone
Formed by Winston Riley (1946, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies) in 1962 while still at school, the Techniques' original line-up additionally featured fellow vocalists Slim Smith (b. Keith Smith, c.1948, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 1973), Franklyn White and Frederick Waite....
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