6 March 1995(1995-03-06) (aged 46) Kingston, Jamaica
Genres
Ska, rocksteady, reggae
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Years active
1961–1995
Labels
Studio One
Musical artist
Delroy George Wilson CD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995)[1] was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star,[2] having first found success as a teenager. His youngest son, Karl "Konan" Wilson, has found success as part of British duo Krept and Konan.
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Greene, Jo-Ann, "Delroy Wilson Biography", allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation
^"The Music Diaries | Jamaica's first child star – Delroy Wilson". jamaica-gleaner.com. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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the Heptones and the Gaylads; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis, DelroyWilson, Bob Andy, Ken Boothe and Phyllis Dillon; musicians such as Jackie Mittoo...
Gipsy Hill) and Karl Dominic "Konan" Wilson BEM (born 3 September 1989, Thornton Heath), the son of DelroyWilson otherwise known as 'Jamaica's first child...
Brothers (1967) "When You Dance" – The Turbans (1955) "Dancing Mood" – DelroyWilson (1966) "The Girl Can't Dance" – Bunker Hill and The Raymen (1963) "I...
Because I'm Black" (1969) later covered by reggae artists Ken Boothe and DelroyWilson, and "Take Me to the River" (1975), covered by Al Green and Talking...
Cowan Marcia Griffiths John Holt Byron Lee Duke Reid Shaggy Lloyd Hall DelroyWilson Monty Alexander Barry Moncrieffe Phyllis Dillon Patrick Allen R. James...
heavily around London and backed Jamaican musicians such as Dennis Brown, DelroyWilson, and Ken Boothe when they played in the UK. They toured the UK in their...
Silvertones Millie Small Symarip Lynn Taitt Toots & the Maytals The Wailers DelroyWilson Akrylykz The Apollinaires Pauline Black Bad Manners Mike Barson The...
enjoyed a modicum of success with their first release, a version of the DelroyWilson classic "Better Must Come", which was C-listed on Radio 1 and Capital...
E.T. Webster Caron Wheeler Wayne Rhoden Worl-A-Girl Willi Williams DelroyWilson Wingless Angels Wayne Wonder Word, Sound and Power Winston Wright Yabby...
Pluggy Satchmo) Oldies But Goodies (1983) Vista Sounds (split with DelroyWilson) Max Romeo Meets Owen Gray at King Tubby's Studio (1984) Culture Press...
a young singer Brown was influenced by older contemporaries such as DelroyWilson (whom he later cited as the single greatest influence on his style of...
Roman Stewart, Lacksley Castell, The Heptones, Bob Marley, Ricky Grant, DelroyWilson, Junior Delgado, Horace Andy and Freddy McKay. This period was eventually...
still quality, but it's hard not to mourn the earlier militancy". Lois Wilson of Mojo agreed, observing that "Revisited now, it seems caught up with nostalgia...
and some of the musicians he has worked with over the years including DelroyWilson, Johnny Clarke, Prince Jazzbo and Jackie Edwards. It then shows Lee...
Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, Linval Thompson, Horace Andy, Big Joe, DelroyWilson and Jah Stitch. In 1973, he added a second 4-track mixer, and built...
he organized school concerts with schoolmates including Bob Marley, DelroyWilson, and Ken Boothe. He was an ardent follower of Coxsone Dodd's Downbeat...
of the Jamaican new musicians, including Burning Spear, Ras Michael, DelroyWilson, Horace Andy, Sound Dimension, and Sugar Minott. In the mid-1980s, Dodd...
led sessions with top artists and worked with young talents such as DelroyWilson, Desmond Dekker, The Wailers, and Lee Perry. They played their first...
Beverley's label include Ken Boothe, Bruce Ruffin, The Gaylads and DelroyWilson. Ex-Skatalites saxophonist Roland Alphonso cut numerous instrumentals...
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