Denzil Dennis

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Denzil Dennis
Born	(1945-10-13) 13 October 1945
Origin	Jamaica
Genres	Reggae
Occupations	Musician
Years active	1960s -
Labels	Supreme
Associated acts	Laurel Aitken, Mike Elliott

Denzil Dennis (born 13 October 1945)^[1] aka Alan Martin, is a reggae singer from Jamaica who came to the UK in 1963.^[2]

Biography

Dennis was born in Manchester, Jamaica in 1945, and is the cousin of producer Lloyd Daley.^[1] He recorded as a duo with Frank Cosmo in Jamaica in the early 1960s before moving to the UK where he began recording in 1963, under his own name and also under the alias Alan Martin, working with producers such as Laurel Aitken and Dandy Livingstone (as a member of the Brother Dan All Stars).^[1] He also recorded in duos with Pat Rhoden and Milton Hamilton (the latter as The Classics).^[1] He had recordings released on the Pama Supreme, Supreme, Trojan and Blue Beat labels. An anthology of his early recordings was issued in 2003 by Sanctuary Records.^[3]

Discography

Me Nah Worry: The Anthology (2003), Sanctuary

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, p. 336
↑ Discogs D.D. Dennis
↑ Anderson, Rick "Me Nah Worry: The Anthology Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-01-03

External links

http://www.answers.com/topic/me-nah-worry-the-anthology

Persondata
Name	Dennis, Denzil
Alternative names
Short description	Jamaican musician
Date of birth	13 October 1945
Place of birth
Date of death
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