Stedman "Buster" Pearson (4 May 1941 – 14 October 2012) was a British businessman and producer, and the father and former manager of the pop group

Five Star Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) were a British Pop music, pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman Pearson, Stedman, Lorraine, Denise Pearson, Denise, Doris, and Delroy Pearson. From 1985 to 1988, Five Star had four top-20 a ...

. He also owned and ran a number of record labels, most notably the 1970s reggae label K&B Records and the 1980s R&B/dance label Tent Records. He moved to the UK in the late 1960s and toured as a guitarist with soul and reggae artists such as

Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...

Jimmy Cliff James Chambers, Jamaican Order of Merit, OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hol ...

Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded more than 50 songs that made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the '' ...

and

Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker (born Desmond Adolphus Dacres; 16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Ho ...

. He was married to Delores (née Ogeare), mother of Five Star, who also helped with his music businesses.

Discography

* "Ain't it Groovy" / "My Children's Favourite" (Jamaica, Lion L16, 1972) (also issued in the UK as Big Shot BI-616 in 1973 and K&B KB5514 in 1975) * "Big Funk" / "Pretty Woman" (UK, Action ACT4612, 1973) (credited to Buster Pearson Band) * "La La La" (UK, K&B KB5511, 1974) (also issued as Torpedo TOR55 in 1975) * "She's my Girl" / "I Wanner Thank You" (UK, K&B KB5512, 1974) * "Take it Easy" (UK, K&B KB5516, 1975) (also issued as Torpedo TOR57 in 1976) * "Pretty Girl" (UK, K&B KB5522, 1976) * "The First Time" (UK, Tent TENT3, 1983) (B-side of Al Marshall's "Be my Guest")Buster Pearson
at 45cat, Retrieved 2 June 2013

References

1941 births 2012 deaths English music managers Jamaican businesspeople Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Five Star 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-1940s-stub