Roy Shirley · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
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Vinony's link graph records 21 inbound references to Roy Shirley, and connects out to high priest, Jamaica and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1948 births, 2008 deaths and Hawk Records (UK label) artists.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Music Is the Key
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Monte-Carlo
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2008
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 29,225
- Total plays
- 127,599
Tags
Roy Shirley (b. Roy Rushton Shirley, 18 July 1944, Kingston, Jamaica, d. 4 July 2008 in same town), also known as King Roy Shirley and The High Priest was a singer whose career spanned over the ska, rocksteady and reggae eras. His "Hold Them" 1966 is regarded by some in the reggae branch to be maybe the first recorded rocksteady song. He was also one of the original members of The Uniques 1966. Shirley grew up in Trench Town, and began his career performing in talent contests. <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Place of death
- Thamesmead
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- ska
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Trojan Records
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- date of birth
- 1944-07-18
- date of death
- 2008-07-17
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
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