Jackie Edwards (musician)

Jackie Edwards
Birth name Wilfred Gerald Edwards
Born 1938
Jamaica
Died 15 August 1992 (aged 53–54)
Genres Reggae
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Years active 1950–1992
Labels Island

Wilfred Gerald "Jackie" Edwards (1938 – 15 August 1992)[1] was a Jamaican musician and songwriter, whose career took in ska, R&B, soul, rocksteady, reggae, and ballads.[2]

Career

Edwards was born in Jamaica, and came to the attention of Chris Blackwell in 1959; when Blackwell set up Island Records in London in 1962, Edwards travelled with him.[1] Edwards worked as a singer and songwriter for Island as well as performing duties such as delivering records.[2] He wrote both "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me", that became #1 singles in the United Kingdom for The Spencer Davis Group.[1][2] He continued to work as a recording artist himself, with regular album releases through to the mid-1980s. Much of his later work was produced by Bunny Lee, and he also worked with The Aggrovators.[1] Dionne Bromfield covered his song "Oh Henry" on her album Introducing Dionne Bromfield in 2009.

Edwards also worked as a producer, co-producing the 1977 album Move Up Starsky by The Mexicano.[3] The majority of Jackie's catalogue is published through Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World.

He died in August 1992 of a heart attack.[1]

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Biography by Steve Leggett". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9
  3. ↑ The Mexicano - Move Up Starsky

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