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The Melodians - 89% match to The Paragons

Jamaican vocal trio comprising Brent Dowe (29 June 1946, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 29 January 2006), Tony Brevett and Trevor McNaughton. Renford Cogle was also a member of the group throughout their career. He made a major contribution as songwriter on many of the trio’s.... Read more

The Pioneers - 53% match to The Paragons

The original Pioneers, formed in 1962, comprised the brothers Derrick Crooks and Sidney Crooks (24 February 1945, Westmorland, Jamaica, West Indies), and Glen Adams. The latter later enjoyed a career as a vocalist and studio musician, playing organ as a member of Lee.... Read more

Ken Boothe - 49% match to The Paragons

The Sensations - 43% match to The Paragons

This Philadelphia R&B ensemble featured the warm, chirpy lead of Yvonne Mills Baker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). The group was formed in 1954, and in 1956 they had two minor ballad hits, a remake of the old standard ‘Yes Sir, That’s My Baby’ (US R&B.... Read more

Delroy Wilson - 42% match to The Paragons

5 October 1948, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 6 March 1995, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Like Dennis Brown and Freddie McGregor, Delroy Wilson was barely out of short trousers when he recorded his debut single for Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One label. His first hit,.... Read more

Alton Ellis - 32% match to The Paragons

The Heptones - 30% match to The Paragons

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.... Read more

John Holt - 26% match to The Paragons

11 July 1947, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. At the age of 12 Holt’s voice was a regular feature of the talent contests run by Vere Johns at various Jamaican theatres, and by 1963 Holt had cut his first single, ‘I Cried A Tear’/‘Forever I’ll Stay’,.... Read more

Marcia Griffiths - 26% match to The Paragons

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.... Read more

Laurel Aitken - 22% match to The Paragons

Oliver Stephens, 22 April 1927, Cuba, d. 17 July 2005, Leicester, England. Of mixed Cuban and Jamaican descent, Laurel, with his five brothers (including the veteran guitarist Bobby Aitken) and sisters, settled in his father’s homeland, Jamaica, in 1938. In the 40s he.... Read more