Derrick Harriott
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Derrick Harriott is a Jamaican singer and music producer.
He has produced Big Youth, Chariot Riders, Chosen Few, Dennis Brown, The Ethiopians, Keith & Tex, The Kingstonians, Rudy Mills, Scotty, Sly & Revolutionaries, Winston McAnuff...
The lyrics to his powerful song "Message from a Black Man" (circa 1970) echoed the growing black consciousness in American soul music of that time and its influence on the emerging tougher sound of reggae in the 1970's.
[edit] Discography
- The Best Of Derrick Harriott - 1965 - Island
- The Best Of Derrick Harriott Volume 2 - 1968 - Trojan
- Sings Jamaican Reggae - 1969 - Crystal/Pama
- The Crystalites - Undertaker - 1970
- Psychedelic Train - 1970 - Crystal/Trojan
- Presents Scrub-A-Dub Reggae - 1974 - Crystal
- More Scrubbing The Dub - 1975 - Crystal
- Songs For Midnight Lovers - 1976 - Crystal/Trojan
- Derrick Harriott & The Revolutionaries - Reggae Chart Busters Seventies Style - 1977
- Reggae Disco Rockers - 1977 - Charmers
- Born To Love You - 1979 - Crystal
[edit] Compilations
- Derrick Harriott & Various Artists - 14 Chartbuster Hits - 1973 - Crystal
- Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites/Chariot Riders -1970-Blockbuster Reggae Instrumentals
- Greatest Reggae Hits - 1975 - Crystal/Trojan
- Disco 6 - 1977
- Enter The Chariot - 1978
- Derrick Harriott & Various Artists - Those Reggae Oldies - 1978
- Derrock Harriott & The Jiving Juniors - The Donkey Years 1961-1965 - Jamaican Gold (1994)
- Derrick Harriott & Various Artists - Step Softly 1965-1972 - Trojan (1988)
- Derrick Harriott - Sings Jamaican Rock Steady Reggae - Jamaican Gold
- Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites - For A Fistful of Dollars - Jamaican Gold
- From Chariot's Vault Volume 2: 16 Reggae Hits - Jamaican Gold
- Derrick Harriott & Various Artists - Riding the Roots Chariot - Pressure Sounds
- Derrick Harriott & Various Artists - Skin To Skin - 1989 - Sarge
- Derrick Harriott & Various Artists - Musical Chariot - 1990 - Charly