Some Ska & Reggae Singers

B. B. Seaton - 79 - Singer w/Jamaican Ska band The Gaylads

THE GAYLADS ~ "TEARS FROM MY EYES";


THE GAYLADS ~ "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE";


Lynford Manning - Jamaican singer with Reggae & Rock Steady bands Carlton and The Shoes & The Abyssinians

THE ABYSSINIANS ~ "SATTA MASSANGA - INNA DA YARD";


Danny Clarke - 72 - Jamaican Reggae singer with The Meditations

THE MEDITATIONS ~ "WOMAN IS LIKE A SHADOW";


Conrad Kelly - 65 - Anglo-Jamaican drummer with Reggae band Steel Pulse

STEEL PULSE ~ "PRODIGAL SON";


STEEL PULSE ~ "KLU KLUX KLAN";


Dave Martins - 70's - Guyanese Toronto singer/guitarist with Toronto Calypso band the Tradewinds and club owner (We Place)

THE TRADEWINDS ~ "BOYHOOD DAYS";


Arthur Gaps Henrickson - 70's - Singer with UK Ska band the Selector

THE SELECTOR ~ "ON MY RADIO":


THE SELECTOR ~ "MISSING WORDS":


Greg Lee - 53 - Singer with California Ska band Hepcat

HEPCAT ~ "RIGHT ON TIME";


HEPCAT ~ "BOBBY & JOE":


HEPCAT ~ "DANCE WID ME";


Jerry Miller - Singer with L.A Soul/Mod/Ska band The Untouchables

THE UNTOUCHABLES ~ "FREE YOURSELF";


THE UNTOUCHABLES ~ "


THE UNTOUCHABLES ~ "I SPY FOR THE FBI";


Papa Kojak - 68 - Jamaican Reggae singer & DJ

PAPA KOJAK ~ "EDGE UP TO THE RUB";

Some World Beat Figures

Hugh Masekela ~ 78 ~ South African jazz trumpeter ("Grazing in the Grass", "Bring Him Back Home") and composer ("Soweto Blues") also played on the Byrds "So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star"

HUGH MASEKELA ~ "GRAZING IN THE GRASS"


HUGH MASEKELA ~ "STIMELA";


Steve Nisbett ~ 69 ~ Nevisian-born British reggae drummer w/1980's reggae band Steel Pulse who were also part of the ska-reggae crossover with the punk scene of the 1980's

STEEL PULSE ~ "KLU KLUX KLAN";


Irvin Jarrett ~ 69 ~ Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World);

THIRD WORLD ~ "NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE";


C. K. Mann ~ 82 Ghanaian highlife singer guitarist

CK MANN ~ "AYAA MENSOURO";


RAS KIMONO ~ 60 ~ Nigerian Reggae singer

RAS KIMONO ~ "RHUMBA STYLEE";


Jack Costanzo (AKA Mr Bongo) ~ 98 ~ American Latin Jazz percussionist,bongos and conga player, w/Stan Kenton, Desi Arnez, Billy May Orchestra, Peggy Lee, Charlie Barnet, Harry James, Judy Garland, Patti Page, Ray Anthony, Martin & Lewis, Dinah Shore, Xavier Cugat, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, and Eddie Fisher, Ann Miller.

JACK COSTANZO & ANN MILLER ~ "I'M GONNA LIVE TIL I DIE";



JACK COSTANZO ~ "MR BONGO";


Elisa Serna ~ 75 ~ Spanish anti-fascist protest singer-songwriter from the 1970's

ELISA SERNA ~ "SE VA A CAER EL PORVENIER";


Ellie Mannette ~ 90 ~ Trinidadian/American steel drum pioneer



Wilson Moreira ~ 81 ~ Brazilian sambista, singer and songwriter

WILSON MOREIRA ~ "SENHORA LIBERDADA";


Mighty Shadow ~ 77 ~ Trinidadian Calypso singer

THE MIGHTY SHADOW;