Delroy Williams is tagged as: reggae, rasta, roots reggae, muusika, spotify “You Sexy Thing” (Leon) Delroy Williams was born on a farm in Jamaica, and by the age of nine he went to England with his parents. Delroy Williams was already fixated with music and in the 1960s; he began singing and dancing his way into a local soul band. In the late 60’s he signed with Mecca agency which helped to further advance his musical education. He was recognized as an up and coming talent by Commercial Entertainment, and performed for the RAF and US military bases, colleges and clubs throughout the UK. |He broadened his experiences by signing with the Mecca agency which got him gigs around Europe at the end of the 1960s. In 1966, he created the first ever open-air reggae festival in London’s Brockwell Park when he was still just a teenager. The festival survived until 1971. The idea was so popular that it was picked up The Rolling Stones who started it in Hyde Park where it was considered a live music breakthrough. |In 1968, he cut his first debut album with Bell Records and went on to record his wildly popular Reggae renditions of Ben E. King’s R&B hit, “Don’t Play That Song”, and Billy Royal’s hit, “Down In The Boondocks.” Each record was issued on Trojan Records. As the years have passed, Wil... Read More About Delroy Williams Biography... Send Delroy Williams ringtones to your cell |
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