RedOne
A sweet, soulful reggae-pop singer who was part of Jamaica's music golden age, Boris Gardiner, aka RedOne, worked with some of the country's great producers and was later sampled on Kenderick Lamar's huge, Grammy-winning album 'To Catch a Butterfly'. Born in Rollingtown, Kingston, Jamaica, Gardiner was encouraged by his school teachers to sing as a way to improve his speech, and he started out performing in hotels to tourists with The Rhythm Aces in the early 1960s. He was forced to give up sport when he was diagnosed with a heart condition at age 17, and focused himself on music, playing bass in trombonist Carlos Malcolm's touring band.
Becoming a session musician towards the end of the decade, Gardiner worked at the legendary Studio One with The Upsetters and played on classics like 'Police and Thieves' by Junior Murvin and 'I Feel Like Jumping' by Marcia Griffiths, before scoring his first international hit with single 'Elizabethan Reggae' in 1970. The instrumental track went on to reach number 14 in the UK Charts and album 'Reggae Happening' followed later in the year; but Gardiner returned home to play regular dates with his band The Broncos and work at Lee Scratch Perry's Black Ark studio. He made a steady living playing in hotels, until years later his laid-back, easy listening calypso-pop version of the country song 'I Wanna Wake Up With You' became a surprise hit and topped the UK Charts in 1986. Albums 'Everything to Me', 'Let's Take a Holiday' and 'Next to You' failed to make much impact, but in 2015 rap superstar Kendrick Lamar used a sample of Gardiner's obscure track 'Every N***** Is a Star' on album opener 'Wesley's Theory', and the smooth-crooning Jamaican found a new audience once again.
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Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy)
Pop - Released by Warner Records on 20 May 2016
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La Roja Baila (Himno Oficial de la Selección Española)
Sergio Ramos, Niña Pastori, RedOne
Pop - Released by WM Spain on 10 Jun 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy) (Remixes)
Pop - Released by Warner Records on 29 Jul 2016
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Kick Ass (International Version)
Pop - Released by Casablanca Records - Island UK on 1 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dirou Niyya (Official Moroccan Fan Chant)
World - Released by 2101 Records - Urban North Africa on 22 Dec 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Welcome to Morocco (feat. Asma Lmnawar, Rym, Aminux, Nouaman Belaiachi, Zouhair Bahaoui, Dizzy Dross, FIFA Sound) (Official Song of the FIFA Club World Cup 2022)
Pop - Released by 2101 Records on 13 Oct 2023
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Gaw El Banat
Ramadan Mohamed, RedOne, Nouamane Belaiachi
Pop - Released by Universal Arabic Music - Republic Records on 14 Oct 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gaw El Banat
Ramadan Mohamed, RedOne, Nouamane Belaiachi
Pop - Released by Universal Arabic Music - Republic Records on 14 Oct 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Moustahila
Pop - Released by VISIONEERS HOLDING LLC on 24 Feb 2020
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The Futurist / Alive 'n' Kickin' (Remixes)
Drum & Bass - Released by Liftin Spirit Records on 5 Sep 1994
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The Futurist / Alive 'n' Kickin'
Drum & Bass - Released by Liftin Spirit Records on 18 Jul 1994
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Believe in U / Don't Stop
Drum & Bass - Released by Liftin Spirit Records on 16 Sep 2002
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Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy) (Cahill Remix)
Pop - Released by Warner Records on 23 Dec 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Strangled Duck / Stop Start
Drum & Bass - Released by Liftin Spirit Records on 16 Mar 1998
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Aki Bújt Aki Nem...
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Real Trill Music on 5 Feb 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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What music is this
Dance - Released by Spell Records on 5 Feb 2020
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Let It Out
Dance - Released by Sirusho Production on 16 Jul 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo