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 - Released by VP Records on 11 Jul 2000
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Mr Biggs + Sincerely
Reggae - Released by Burning Sounds on 3 Feb 2022
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Reggae Max: Barry Biggs
Reggae - Released by Jet Star Music on 1 Jan 2007
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Sons of Jamaica
Reggae - Released by Jet Star Music on 10 Jan 2017
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Work All Day
Reggae - Released by Platinum Management Partners on 7 Jul 2011
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Lonely Girl
Reggae - Released by Platinum Management Partners on 7 Jul 2011
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Love Come Down
Reggae - Released by Platinum Management Partners on 7 Jul 2011
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What’s Your Sign? Wide Awake
Reggae - Released by Burning Sounds on 25 Mar 2022
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Sideshow
Reggae - Released by Jam Down Recordings on 15 Mar 2024
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Just My Imagination
Reggae - Released by Platinum Management Partners on 7 Jul 2011
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I've Got It Covered
Reggae - Released by Burning Sounds on 4 Dec 2020
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Three Ring Circus
Reggae - Released by Platinum Management Partners on 1 Jan 1977
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Reggae Max
Reggae - Released by Penitentiary Records on 1 Jan 2007
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How Could I Let You Get Away
Reggae - Released by Alexander Music Group on 10 Jan 2014
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Wide Awake
Reggae - Released by Platinum Management Partners on 7 Jul 2011
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How Could I Let You Get Away
Reggae - Released by Gorgon Music - VPAL Music on 10 Jan 2014
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