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Delroy Wilson is tagged as: reggae, rocksteady, ska, roots reggae, roots

Delroy Wilson was a ska, rocksteady, reggae artist (b. October 5, 1948) from Trenchtown in Kingston, Jamaica. In the 1960s he sang duo with Paulette Williams as Delroy & Paulette.|He was not a part of the duo Higgs and Wilson with Joe Higgs and roy wilson(no relation)
He released his first solo single “If I Had a Beautiful Baby” in 1962 for record producer, Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, at the age of thirteen. His follow-up single “Joe Liges” was written by Lee Perry, then working as a talent spotter/songwriter/singer for Dodd, and was a lyrical attack on former Coxsone employee and now rival, Prince Buster. The record was so popular that his follow-up, “Spit In The Sky”, another Perry penned barb aimed at the Prince, was actually credited to Joe Liges when it was released in th UK on the Bluebeat and Black Swan labels.
Delroy’s transition to rocksteady in the late 1960s produced many hits including “Conquer Me” and “Riding For A Fall”. His classic song “Dancing Mood” remains one of the most popular Jamaican songs from that time. In 1972, Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley and his People’s National Party chose Wilson’s “Better Must Come” as their election cam...
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Top 10 Delroy Wilson Songs
Better Must Come
Dancing Mood
This Life Makes Me Wonder
Once Upon a Time
Rain from the Skies
I'm Still Waiting
Cool Operator
Pretty Girl
Get Ready
Living In The Footsteps
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Top 10 Delroy Wilson Albums
I`m In A Dancing Mood
Once Upon A Time (Best Of)
Good All Over
Cool Operator
Trojan Jamaican Superstars Box Set CD1
Statement
The Very Best Of Delroy Wilson
Studio One Ska
What's Going On
Sarge
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