Research Catalog

Title

Jimmy Riley.

Publication

[Jamaica] : [s.n.], [198u]

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Additional Authors

• Riley, Jimmy.
• Willis, Lloyd.
• Lyn, Robbie.
• Barrett, Carlton.
• Lindo, Earl.
• Barrett, Aston.

Description

1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Subject

• Reggae music

System Details (note)

• VHS

Biography (note)

• Jimmy Riley was born Martin James Norman Riley on May 22, 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica. His first success came as a member of The Sensations, who recorded such hits as "Everyday Is Just a Holiday." Riley left the Sensations in 1967, and with Slim Smith and Lloyd Charmers, became part of the second incarnation of The Uniques. The Uniques only lasted a little over a year, but recorded such enduring classics as "My Conversation" during that time. As a solo singer and writer, Riley worked with a host of Jamaican producers, including Bunny Lee and Lee "Scratch" Perry, before settling in with Sly and Robbie in the early 1980s, whose production on Riley's version of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" helped the song top the reggae charts in 1983.

Contents

Bang Bang Bang (Shout Them Up) -- Radio -- Put the People First --My Conversation -- The World is For Everyone -- Keep Trying -- This Little Boy is Lost -- Hard Sufferer -- Wish it Would Rain -- Everybody Needs Somebody -- Keep Trying (encore) -- Come Together -- A Love that Grows -- Love and Devotion -- What's That Sound.

Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-950

OCLC

79459616

Title

Jimmy Riley.

Imprint

[Jamaica] : [s.n.], [198u]

System Details

VHS

Performer

Featuring: Lloyd Willis, Carlton Barrett, Robbie Lyn -- Earl "Wire" Lindo, Aston "Familyman" Barrett.

Biography

Jimmy Riley was born Martin James Norman Riley on May 22, 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica. His first success came as a member of The Sensations, who recorded such hits as "Everyday Is Just a Holiday." Riley left the Sensations in 1967, and with Slim Smith and Lloyd Charmers, became part of the second incarnation of The Uniques. The Uniques only lasted a little over a year, but recorded such enduring classics as "My Conversation" during that time. As a solo singer and writer, Riley worked with a host of Jamaican producers, including Bunny Lee and Lee "Scratch" Perry, before settling in with Sly and Robbie in the early 1980s, whose production on Riley's version of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" helped the song top the reggae charts in 1983.

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Added Author

Riley, Jimmy. Performer

Willis, Lloyd. Performer

Lyn, Robbie. Performer

Barrett, Carlton. Performer

Lindo, Earl. Performer

Barrett, Aston. Performer

Research Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-950