Dennis Brown Superstar 33RPM Vinyl 12" LP 1976 Root Reggae

Sold Date: April 4, 2016
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Old and Rare, stain on back cover, but otherwise in great condition and reasonable. Must have for Reggae/roots fans.  Dennis Brown was born on 1 February 1957. His father Arthur was a , actor, and journalist, and he grew up in a large tenement yard between North Street and King Street in Kingston with his parents, three elder brothers and a sister, although his mother died in the 1960s. He began his singing career at the age of nine, while still at junior school, with an end-of-term concert the first time he performed in public, although he had been keen on music from an even earlier age, and as a youngster was a keen fan of American balladeers such as , , , and . He cited  as one of his greatest early influences. He regularly hung around JJ's record store on Orange Street in the  era and his relatives and neighbors would often throw Brown pennies to hear him sing in their yard. Brown's first professional appearance came at the age of eleven, when he visited a local club where his brother Basil was performing a comedy routine, and where he made a guest appearance with the club's resident group, the Fabulous Falcons. On the strength of this performance he was asked to join the group as a featured vocalist. When the group performed at a  conference at the National Arena, Brown sang two songs - 's "Unity" and 's "Ain't That Loving You" - and after the audience showered the stage with money, he was able to buy his first suit with the proceeds. Bandleader  performed on the same bill, and was sufficiently impressed with Brown to book him to perform on package shows featuring visiting US artists, where he was billed as the "Boy Wonder".
Superstar was his 7th album and he already was a "SuperStar!"