Early reggae star Owen Gray died. What did /mu/ think of his work? His first single came out way back in 1958:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHChbeB2LY

Other hits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iQPZNUTkLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2Aq8uyLLQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMeHRz-WGQ4

>Jamaican music legend Owen Gray has died.

>The news was confirmed earlier today by multiple sources close to the singer. Owen Gray was 86 years old, and no cause of death has been given.

>A defining figure in the evolution of Jamaican music, Owen Gray’s earliest recordings touch on the R&B and boogie sounds that permeated the island’s sound system culture during the late 50s and early 60s. A formative voice in the emergence of ska, he notched up a number of ‘firsts’ – including the first record to be released on Chris Blackwell’s Island Records imprint.

>Associated with the legendary Alpha School for Boys, his early hit ‘On The Beach’ saluted the Sir Coxsone Downbeat sound system.

https://www.clashmusic.com/news/reggae-legend-owen-gray-has-died/

>>127115011 (OP)
RIP

>>127115011 (OP)
I will have to check him out. Thanks