Barry Biggs
Barry Biggs was born in 1946 in St. Andrew, Jamaica. He spent some time as an engineer with the Jamaican Broadcasting Company before entering the music scene as a harmony singer at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studios, and spent time as a member of both the Crystalites and the Astronauts before accepting a position as the lead singer for Byron Lee's Dragonaires. It was at Lee's Dynamic Sounds studio that Biggs recorded his first Jamaican hit, a cover of the Jackson 5's "One Bad Apple," following it up with his first international success, the fine "Work All Day," in 1972. Biggs placed six singles on the U.K. charts between 1976 and 1981, with his biggest hit, "Sideshow," reaching number three in December of 1976. Always comfortable being a "do-over man," Biggs covered songs by such American artists as Stevie Wonder, the Chi-Lites, and the Temptations, giving each a light reggae do-over. His brand of sweet pop reggae, usually featuring high, double-tracked, and heavily echoed lead vocals, was more cosmopolitan than most of his contemporaries, and he avoided the political and Rasta themes then popular in Jamaica, eschewing the standard image of the dreadlocked rebel for the pop style and fine clothes of the club singer. A solid entertainer (he has been called the Barry White of reggae, a label that hardly seems accurate), Biggs is unlike any other singer in reggae's history.
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The Vintage Series: Barry Biggs
Reggae - Erschienen bei VP Records am 11.07.2000
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Mr Biggs + Sincerely
Reggae - Erschienen bei Burning Sounds am 03.02.2022
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Reggae Max: Barry Biggs
Reggae - Erschienen bei Jet Star Music am 01.01.2007
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Sons of Jamaica
Reggae - Erschienen bei Jet Star Music am 10.01.2017
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Work All Day
Reggae - Erschienen bei Platinum Management Partners am 07.07.2011
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Lonely Girl
Reggae - Erschienen bei Platinum Management Partners am 07.07.2011
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Love Come Down
Reggae - Erschienen bei Platinum Management Partners am 07.07.2011
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What’s Your Sign? Wide Awake
Reggae - Erschienen bei Burning Sounds am 25.03.2022
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Sideshow
Reggae - Erschienen bei Jam Down Recordings am 15.03.2024
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Just My Imagination
Reggae - Erschienen bei Platinum Management Partners am 07.07.2011
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I've Got It Covered
Reggae - Erschienen bei Burning Sounds am 04.12.2020
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Three Ring Circus
Reggae - Erschienen bei Platinum Management Partners am 01.01.1977
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Reggae Max
Reggae - Erschienen bei Penitentiary Records am 01.01.2007
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How Could I Let You Get Away
Reggae - Erschienen bei Alexander Music Group am 10.01.2014
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Wide Awake
Reggae - Erschienen bei Platinum Management Partners am 07.07.2011
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How Could I Let You Get Away
Reggae - Erschienen bei Gorgon Music - VPAL Music am 10.01.2014
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Baby Come Back
Reggae - Erschienen bei Barry Biggs am 03.02.2022
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You're Welcome
Reggae - Erschienen bei Barry Biggs am 03.02.2022
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