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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 2025
jamaicar&breggaerocksteadyska
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Owen Gray (aka Owen Grey) (born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 5 July 1939; died 20 July 2025) was one of Jamaica's 'Foundation' singers whose work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star. In August 2023 he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction. Gray won his first talent contest at the age of nine, and by the age of twelve he was already appearing in public, playing drums, guitar, and keyboards. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gray
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Island Records
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- date of birth
- 1939-07-05
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- date of death
- 2025-07-20
- name in native language
- Owen Gray
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