Some Worldbeat Figures

The Mighty Bomber (real name Clifton Ryan) - 93 - Grenadian-born Trinidad & Tobago Calypso singer

THE MIGHTY BOMBER ~ "THE JAGABAT WOMEN";



Winston Henry - 74 - Trinidadian Calypso singer (AKA The Explainer)

WINSTON HENRY ~ "MONARCHY";


César Pedroso - 75 - Cuban pianist w/Lattin Jazz bands Los Van Van, Pupy y Los que Son, Son

LOS VAV VAN ~ "SEIES SEMANS";


Elza Soares - 91 - Brazilian Samba singer

ELZA SOARES ~ "ARQIVO:'



Tommy Tabby Shaw ~ 67 ~ Singer with Jamaican Reggae band the Mighty Diamonds and The Wailers

Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson ~ 70 ~ Singer with Jamaican Reggae band The Mighty Diamonds and the Wailers

Tyrone Downie - 66 - Jamaican keyboardist w/Bob Marley and the Wailers

THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS;


BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS ~ "NO WOMAN NO CRY";


Jo Mersa Marley - 31 - Jamaican-American Reggae singer, grandson of Bob Marley

JO MERSA MARLEY ~ "NO WAY OUT";


Drummie Zeb ~ 62 ~ Drummer w/English band Aswad and record producer

ASWAD ~ "DON'T TURN AROUND";


ASWAD ~ "BEST OF MY LOVE";


Black Stalin ~ 81 ~ Trinidadian Calypso singer

BLACK STALIN ~ "NOTHING COME EASY";


BLACK STALIN ~ "CARIBBEAN UNITY";


BLACK STALIN ~ "WAIT DOROTHY WAIT";


Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta - 78 - Congolese saxophonist, bandleader and composer

VERCKYS KIAMUNGANA MATETA;


Sol Amarfio - 84 - Ghanaian-British drummer with Afro Rock band Osibisa

OSIBISA ~ "PHALLUS C";


Orlando Julius - 79 - Nigerian saxophonist, singer and bandleader

ORLANDO JULIUS ~ "EKEMODE";


ORLANO JULIS:


Kenny J - 69 - Trinidad and Tobago Calypso and Soca singer

KENNY J ~ "THE PAINT BRUSH";


Clive Zanda - 82 - Trinidad & Tobago Calypso/Jazz pianist & percussionist

CLIVE ZANDA ~ "DESERT BREEZE";


Ernesto Cavour - 82 - Singer w/Bolivian Folk Pop group Los Jairas



LOS JAIRES ~ "MAMA CRISO";


Gal Costa - 77 - Brazilian Pop & Samba singer

GAL COSTA & JORGE BEN ~ "QUE PENA";


Erasmo Carlos - 81 - Brazilian singer-songwriter

ERASMO CARLOS ~ "CACHACA MECANICA";


Patricio Renán ~ 77 ~ Chilean singer

PATRICIO RENAN;


Elza Soares - 91 - Brazilian Samba singer

ELZA SOARES ~ "CHEGA DE SAUDAE";


Ana Bejerano - 60 - Singer with 1970's Spanish Pop group Mocedades ("Eres Tu")

MOCEDADES ~ "ERES TU";


Diego Verdaguer - 70 - Argentine singer-songwriter

DIEGO VERDAGUER ~ "LA LADRONA";


María José Cantilo - 68 - Argentine singer-songwriter

MARIA JOSE CANTILO;


Carlos Barbosa-Lima - 77 - Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist

CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA ~ "ONE NOTE SAMBA";

Some World Beat Figures

Bunny Wailer ~ 73 ~ Founding member of classic Jamaican Reggae group The Wailers with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh

THE WAILERS ~ "STIR IT UP";


THE WAILERS ~ "NO WOMAN NO CRY";


THE WAILERS ~ "THE HEATHEN";


Robbie Shakespeare - 68 - Jamaican bassist (Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru)

Garth Dennis - 72 - Jamaican reggae musician (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)

BLACK UHURU ~ "SOLIDARITY";


SLY & ROBBIE ~ "BOOPS HERE TO GO";


SLY & ROBBIE;


Ernest Wilson - 69 - Jamaican reggae singer w/The Clarendonians

THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "SUNSHINE";


U-Roy (Real name Ewart Beckford) - 78 - Jamaican Reggae singer & toastmaster

U-ROY ~ "VERSION GALORE";


U-ROY ~ "SOUL REBEL";


Ronnie Williams ~ 78 ~ Toronto/Jamaican/UK Reggae guitarist w/Bob Marley, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Tommy McCook, Lee Scratch Perry, Harry J Allstars, Ginger Williams

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS ~ "TRENCHTOWN ROCK";


JUNIOR MURVIN ~ "POLICE & THIEVES";


THE HARRY J ALL-STARS ~ "THE LIQUIDATOR";


Brian Travers ~ 62 ~ Sax player with UK Reggae band UB40 ("Red Red Wine", "I Got You Babe")

UB40 ~ "RED RED WINE";


UB40 ~ "I GOT YOU BABE";


Brother Resistance ~ 66–67 ~ Trinidadian rhythm poet and musician

BROTHER RESISTANCE ~ "AH CAN'T TAKE THAT";


Josky Kiambukuta - 72 -Singer with Congolese Afro-Jazz band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;


TPOK JAZZ;


Bopol Mansiamina - 72 - Bassist & guitarist w/Congolese Soukous band Les Quatre Étoiles

LES QUATRE ETOILOES;


Thione Seck - 66 - Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra Baobab, Raam Daan)

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "UTRAS HORAS";


ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "GOUYE-GUI";


Mamady Keïta - 70 Guinean drummer

MAMADY KEITA ~ "KUKU";


Nobesuthu Mbadu ~ 76 ~ South African mbaqanga singer with the Mahotella Queens

THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS ~ "KAZET GAZETTE";


Wes ~ 51 ~ Cammeroonian singer


Henry Stephen - 79 - Venezuelan 1960's R&B singer

HENRY STEPHEN ~ "UN VASO DI VINO";


HENRY STEPHEN ~ "MI LIMON MI LIMONIRO";


Elio Roca - 78 - Argentine 1960's & 70's Pop singer

ELIO ROCA ~ "YO QUIERO DIBUJARTE";


Rinaldo Rafanelli - 71 - Singer with Argentine 1970's bands Sui Generis, Color Humano

SUI GENERIS ~ "CANCION PARA MI MUERTO";


Meñique - 87 - Panamanian Salsa singer and songwriter

MENIQUE;


Cassiano ~ Brazilian 1980's & 90's singer-songwriter and guitarist

CASSIANO ~ "SETEMBRO";


César Isella ~ 82 ~ Argentine singer-songwriter with 1960's folk group Los Fronterizos

LOS FRONTERIZOS ~ "EL QUIANQUUENO";

Johnny Pacheco ~ 85 ~ Dominican Salsa flutist, producer & bandleader from the 1960's (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records)

THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUITATE";


CELIA CRUZ & THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUINTARA";


José Manuel Zamacona - 69 - Singer with Mexican 70's & 80's band Los Yonic's

LOS YONICS ~ "ROSAS Y BLANCOS";


Omar Moreno Palacios ~ 82 ~ Argentine folk singer

OMAR MORENO PALACIOS:


Jorge Oñate - 71 - Colombian vallenato folk singer

JORGE ONATE;


Roberto González - 68 - Mexican folk rock musician & composer

ROBERTO GONZALEZ ~ "EL HUERTO";


Erriquez - 60 - Singer and guitarist with Italian Folk band Bandabardò

BANDABARDO ~ "BEPPEANNA";


Gabi Luncă ~ 82 ~ Romanian folk and lăutărească singer

GABI LUNCA ~ "Cu-o damigeana si-un pahar


GABI LUNA ~ LA CARICUMA DE LA DRUM";


Đorđe Balašević - 67 - Singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Serbian folk band Rani Mraz

RANI MRAZ;

Some More Figures From The 1950's & 60's

Leonard Cohen ~ 82 ~ Montreal singer/songwriter/poet/novelist from the 1960's onward "Hallelujah", "Suzanne", "First We Take Manhattan", "The Future", "Bird On A Wire", "Everybody Knows";

LEONARD COHEN ~ "HALLELUJAH";


LEONARD COHEN ~ "FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN";


LEONARD COHEN ~ "THE FUTURE";


Rick Parfit ~ 68 ~ British singer/guitarist w 1960's & 70's band Status Quo ("Pictures Of Matchstick Men", "Rockin' All Over The World") and Bandaid ("We Are The World");

STATUS QUO ~ "PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN";


STATUS QUO ~ "THE WANDERER";


Valerie Gell ~ 72 ~ UK Singer/guitarist with 1960's all-girl Mersey Beat band the Liverbirds

THE LIVERBIRDS ~ "WHY DO YOU HANG AROUND WITH ME";


THE LIVERBIRDS ~ "PEANUTBUTTER";


Buck Ormsby ~ 75 ~ Bassist with 1960's Seattle Garage Punks The Fabulous Wailers ("Louie Louie" & "Tall Cool One", "Out Of Our Tree")

THE WAILERS ~ "TALL COOL ONE";


ROCKIN' ROBIN ROBERTS & THE WAILERS ~ "LOUIE LOUIE";


Rex DeLong ~ Guitarist w/1960's Surf Band The Rumblers ("Boss");
THE RUMBLERS ~ "BOSS";


Joe Clay ~ 78 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist did "Ducktail", "Doggone It", "16 Chicks", "Get On The Right Track" (later covered by the Polecats)

JOE CLAY ~ "DUCKTAIL";


JOE CLAY ~ "16 CHICKS";


Martin Stone ~ 69 ~ British 1960's & 70's guitarist w/The Action, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Snakefinger, Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers, Pink Fairies, the The 101ers, Wreckless Eric, Marianne Faithful.

THE ACTION ~ "I'LL KEEP ON HOLDING ON";


THE ACTION ~ "SHADOWS & REFLECTIONS";


THE PINK FAIRIES;


Jim Lowe ~ 93 ~ American 1950's pop/country singer songwriter "The Green Door", "The Gambler's Guitar" (also covered by Rusty Draper), "Four Walls" (also covered by Jim Reeves), "Mabellene", "Blue Suede Shoes"

JIM LOWE ~ "THE GAMBLER'S GUITAR";


JIM LOWE ~ MAYBELLENE";


JIM LOWE ~ "THE GREEN DOOR";


Bobby Vee ~ 73 ~ 1950's American pop singer ("Take Good Care Of My Baby" & "The Night Has 1000 Eyes")

BOBBY VEE ~ "TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY";


BOBBY VEE ~ "THE NIGHT HAS 1000 EYES";


Jean Shepard ~ 82 ~ American Country singer from the 1950's to the 70's ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away", "Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar", "Beautiful Lies")

JEAN SHEPARD ~ "SECOND FIDDLE TO AN OLD GUITAR";


JEAN SHEPARD ~ "IF YOU CAN WALK AWAY";


JEAN SHEPARD ~ "BEAUTIFUL LIES";


Fred Hellerman ~ 89 ~ American folk singer w/The Weavers "Goodnight Irene", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "The Wreck of the John B" (aka "Sloop John B"), "Rock Island Line", "The Midnight Special", "Pay Me My Money Down", "Darling Corey" and "Wimoweh")

THE WEAVERS;


Kay Starr ~ 94 ~ American pop and jazz singer from the 1940's & 1950's ("Rock & Roll Waltz", "It's A Good Day", "Wheel Of Fortune")

KAY STARR ~ "IT'S A GOOD DAY" & "WHEEL OF FORTUNE";


KAY STARR & BRENDA LEE ~ "AROUND THE WORLD";


Jean Jacques Perry ~ 87 ~ French 1960's Electronic Pop Moog player/composer w/Perry & Kingsley and Mr Ondioline

JEAN JACQUES PERRY;