Leroy Sibbles

Leroy Sibbles (né le 29 janvier 1949 à Kingston) est un chanteur et musicien reggae de Jamaïque.

Leroy Sibbles a été l'un des fondateurs du reggae. Il commence sa carrière en tant que chanteur principal du groupe de rocksteady The Heptones dans les années 1960, avec lesquels il a enregistré un certain nombre de classiques reggae comme Party Time, Fatty Fatty, Book Of Rules, Baby Be True et Heptones Gonna Fight (...)

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Little examination of Jamaican popular music is necessary to reveal the creativity of Leroy Sibbles. The charismatic singer, bass player, arranger, and songwriter is best known for his work as lead vocalist of The Heptones, but a closer look at his session career reveals an enormous contribution to the feel and direction of Jamaican music through one of its most creative eras.

As ska slowed to rock steady in the mid to late 1960s, Sibbles occupied a key position at the 13 Brentford Road studio of Clement "Coxson" Dodd. In addition to his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arranger at Studio One during a time that much of Jamaica's most enduring popular music was recorded.

Sibbles and Heptones' co-founders Barry Llewellyn and Earl Morgan met in the mid 1960s, around the time Sibbles' first group auditioned for Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio. Reid declined the opportunity to record that group (...)

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