DELROY WILSON BIOGRAFIA

DELROY WILSON BIOGRAFIA

Delroy George Wilson OD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer, regarded as Jamaica's first child star.

Biography

Delroy Wilson began his recording career at the age of thirteen, while still a pupil at Boys Town Primary School. Wilson released his first single "Emy Lou"[citation needed] in 1962 for record producer, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. His early years with Coxsone yielded a number of ska hits, the biggest of which, the Lee Perry-written "Joe Liges" was an attack on rival producer and former Dodd employee Prince Buster.This was followed by another Perry-written attack on Buster, "Spit in the Sky". Further singles followed, including "One Two Three", "I Shall Not Remove", "Look Who Is Back Again" (a duet with Slim Smith), and another anti-Buster song, "Prince Pharaoh", notably the only record featuring the voice of Dodd himself. He is regarded as Jamaica's first child star.

His voice matured as he left his teens, around the time of ska's transition to rocksteady and this period in the late 1960s produced many hits including one of the first rocksteady records, "Dancing Mood", "Jerk in Time" (with the Wailers), "Feel Good All Over", "I'm Not a King", "True Believer in Love", "Rain From the Skies", "Conquer Me" and "Riding For A Fall". "Won't You Come Home", a duet with Ken Boothe on a rhythm originally cut by The Conquerors for Sonia Pottinger has become one of the most-versioned Jamaican tracks ever.[citation needed] After leaving Studio One he recorded for numerous other producers, with varying degrees of success, and set up his own short-lived W&C label along with Wilburn Cole, and the similarly-fated Links label with Ken Boothe, The Gaylads and The Melodians. He enjoyed success with Bunny Lee in the late 1960s and early 1970s with tracks such as "This Old Heart of Mine", "Footsteps of Another Man", and "Better Must Come". His double A-side "It Hurts"/"Put Yourself in My Place" was a skinhead favourite and narrowly missed UK chart success. He recorded a version of "Run Run", a song he had originally recorded for Dodd, for maverick producer Keith Hudson.

1970 saw Wilson's first tour of the UK, where he also recorded a number of songs for the Trojan record label.

In 1972, Michael Manley's People's National Party chose Wilson's "Better Must Come" as their election campaign song. The same year saw the release of one of his most popular songs, "Cool Operator", which became his nickname. He worked with a string of producers in the years that followed, including Joe Gibbs ("Mash Up Illiteracy", "Pretty Girl"), Gussie Clarke ("Love"), Winston "Niney" Holness ("Rascal Man"), Harry J ("Ask The Lonely"), and Joseph Hoo Kim ("It's a Shame").

In 1976, he recorded a cover of The Wailers' "I'm Still Waiting" for Lloyd Charmers, which was hugely popular, and enjoyed some cross-over success, and was followed by the album Sarge, which is considered one of his strongest. Also a Bob Andy produced song, "The Last Thing On My Mind" rose to number one in Jamaica. Wilson continued the run of success until the end of the decade, but his career floundered during the early 1980s, with releases less common. His fortunes revived in the digital age with releases for King Jammy ("Don't Put The Blame On Me") and Bunny Lee ("Ease Up"), with new albums following, but he again drifted out of the limelight, with his health declining, and is best remembered for his earlier work.

In 1994, Wilson's enduring legacy to Jamaican music was recognized by a special plaque awarded him by the Jamaican government, and presented by the then Prime Minister, Patterson.

Delroy Wilson died on 6 March 1995 at Kingston's UWI hospital, of complications from cirrhosis of the liver. He was 46 years old.

Wilson is referenced by The Clash, in "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais".

In 2013 Wilson was posthumously awarded the Order of Distinction by the Jamaican Government.

ESPAÑOL

DELROY WILSON NACIO EL 5 DE OCTUBRE DE 1948, EN KINGSTON, JAMAICA. AL IGUAL QUE DENNIS BROWN Y FREDDIE McGREGOR, DELROY ERA APENAS UN NIÑO ( DOCE AÑOS ) CUANDO GRABO SU SINGLE DEBUT PARA EL STUDIO ONE DE COXSONE DODD. SU PRIMER HIT, "JOE LIGES" DE 1963 FUE ESCRITO POR LEE PERRY, QUIEN POR ESA EPOCA ERA LA MANO DERECHA DE DODD BUSCANDO TALENTOS APARTE DE ESCRIBIR CANCIONES Y CANTAR, Y ERA UN ATAQUE CERTERO A SU EX - EMPLEADO Y AHORA RIVAL, PRINCE BÚSTER. ERA EL COMIENZO DEL SOUND-WAR DONDE PRODUCTORES RIVALES SE MANDABAN MISIL TRAS MISIL, A TRAVES DE HITS.

LA CANCIÓN FUE TAN POPULAR QUE ENSEGUIDA SUCEDIERON NUMEROSOS SINGLES INCLUYENDO "I SHALL NOT REMOVE" ( NOMRE DEL PRIMER DISCO DE DELROY PARA EL STUDIO ONE ), UN DUETO CON SLIM SMITH TITULADO "LOOK WHO IS BACK AGAIN", Y EL ANTI-BUSTER "PRINCE PHAROAH", NOTABLE GRABACION POR SER LA UNICA EN LA QUE LA VOZ DE COXSONE APARECE DESPOTRICANDO CONTRA BÚSTER.

LA VOZ DE DELROY SURGIO PRECISAMENTE CON LA IRRUPCIÓN DEL ROCKSTEADY EN EL 66, Y SU VERSIÓN DEL CLÁSICO DE LOS TAMS "DANCING MOOD", UNO DE LOS PRIMEROS TEMAS DE ROCKSTEADY SE CONVIRTIÓ EN UN HIT MONSTRUOSO, ALERTANDO A LOS FANÁTICOS MUSICALES JAMAIQUINOS SOBRE ESTE NUEVO CANTANTE CON ESTILO SOUL DISPUESTO A PELEARLE A ALTON ELLIS LA CORONA DE REY DEL ROCKSTEADY. CON LA ADOLESCENCIA LA VOZ DE DELROY CAMBIO PERO NO EN CALIDAD Y CONTINUO GRABANDO EXITOS PARA EL STUDIO ONE HASTA FINALES DE LA DECADA DEL 60 ENTRE LOS QUE SE DESTACAN "ONCE UPON A TIME", "TRUE BELIEVER", "RAIN FROM THE SKIES" Y "FEEL GOOD ALL OVER". POR SUPUESTO COMO OCURRIA CON TODOS LOS CANTANTES DE LA EPOCA LAS NUMEROSAS VENTAS NO SE VEIAN REFLEJADAS EN SUS FLACAS REMUNERACIONES POR LO QUE EN 1969 DEJA A DODD Y ENTABLA RELACIONES CON BUNNY "STRIKER" LEE CON QUIEN DEBUTA CON EL SUPER-HIT "THIS OLD HEART OF MINE".

EN 1971 SU TEMA "BETTER MUST COME" ALCANZO TAL POPULARIDAD QUE FUE ADOPTADO POR EL LIDER DEL PARTIDO POPULAR MICHAEL MANLEY COMO HIMNO DE SU CAMPAÑA ELECTORAL. EN 1972 SU ÉXITO CONTINUO CON "COOL OPERATOR" DE NUEVO PARA BUNNY LEE Y DURANTE LOS AÑOS VENIDEROS SEGUIRIA COMO UNO DE LOS MEJORES CANTANTES CON EXITOS PARA DIVERSOS PRODUCTORES COMO JOE GIBBS, NINEY HOLNESS Y GUSSIE CLARK. A PESAR DEL RESPETO Y LA INFLUENCIA QUE DELROY EJERCIO SOBRE LA NUEVA CAMADA DE CANTANTES Y A DIFERENCIA DE SUS CONTEMPORÁNEOS COMO JOHN HOLT Y KEN BOOTHE, DELROY NUNCA DISFRUTO DEL ÉXITO CONVENCIONAL.

SIN EMBARGO EL GRAN AÑO DE DELROY LLEGARIA EN 1976, CUANDO SU INTERPRETACIÓN DEL TEMA DE BOB MARLEY "I,M STILL WAITING", PRODUCIDO POR LLOYD CHARMERS SE CONVERTIRIA EN EL TEMA DE REGGAE MAS POPULAR DEL AÑO MUNDIALMENTE. EN LA DECADA SIGUIENTE LA DE LA ERA DIGITAL, LA CARRERA DE DELROY ESTARIA SIGNADA POR ALTIBAJOS SIN EMBARGO EN 1987 GRABA PARA PRINCE JAMMY EL MASIVO ÉXITO "DON,T PUT THE BLAME ON ME".

Con trece años de edad, Delroy grababa su primer disco, Emy Lou, que salió bajo el sello Darling, en el mismo período en que estudiaba en la Boys Town Primary School.

Murió el 6 de marzo de 1995 en Kingston en el hospital UWI debido a complicaciones en el hígado.

Albums

I Shall Not Remove (1966) Studio One

Good All Over (1969) Coxsone/Studio One

Better Must Come (1971) Dynamic Sounds

Captivity (1973) Big Shot

For I And I (1975) Grounation

Sarge (1976) Charmers

Last Thing On My Mind (1977) Harry J

Money (1977) Clocktower

Mr. Cool Operator (1977) EJI

Lovers' Rock (1978) Burning Sounds

Who Done It (1979) Third World

True Believer In Love (197?) Carib Gems

True Believer In Love (197?) Micron

Unedited (197?) Hulk

Living In The Footsteps (1980) Joe Gibbs

Go Away Dream (1982) Black Music

Nice Times (1983) Vista Sounds

Reggae Classics (1984) Londisc

Worth Your Weight In Gold (1984) Burning Sounds

The Dean Of Reggae (1985) Mister Tipsy

Looking For Love (1986) Phill Pratt

Million Busters In Reggae (198?) Top Rank

Super Mix Hits (198?) Pioneer International

Dancing Mood Studio One

Oldies But Goodies Pioneer International (with Owen Gray)

Now (19??), Real Wax

Wilson's work has also been collected on over 15 'Best of' compilations and he features on dozens of compilations of reggae and ska music.

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