Bitty McLean

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Bitty McLean (born in Birmingham, UK) is a British/Jamaican reggae and ragga music artist. McLean was originally a tea boy for UB40 and got his big break whilst with his fellow Brummies. He has since worked with them on various projects as a professional musician.

He was most popular around the mid 1990s with cover songs including The Shirelles' "Dedicated to the One I Love" (UK #6) and Fats Domino's "It Keeps Rainin (Tears From My Eyes)" (1993), which was his biggest UK hit, peaking at #2.

In 2004, he released On Bond Street, using rare Tommy McCook and Duke Reid produced Treasure Isle instrumentals from the Rocksteady era but overlaid with new lyrics - either his own or sourced from other songs most notably David Ruffin's Walk Away From Love and David Gates' Make It With You. He recorded a new studio album in autumn 2007 at studios in Kingston, Jamaica with Reggae legends Sly and Robbie.