Patrick Andy (born c. 1960,

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)Moskowitz, David V. (2006) "Andy, Patrick", in ''Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p.13 is a

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

singer, whose stage name is a reference to his similarity to the older reggae singer

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Biography

Patrick Andy began singing at church and in school, and began his recording career working with spiritually conscious

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vocalist, engineer and producer Yabby You in the mid-1970s, often covering socially aware songs by

, such as "Every Tongue Shall Tell" and "Youths of Today", which Yabby You released on his own label as

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's vocal and dub 45s, giving the artist his distinctive, respected and authoritative

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.Larkin, Colin (1998) "Andy, Patrick", in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p.12 In 1978 he had a hit on the UK based Grove label, run by King Sounds and Michael

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Campbell with "Woman, Woman, Woman", in combination with Ranking

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, and a solo hit with "My Angel". In the early 1980s he began recording with producer Joseph Hoo Kim at Channel One Studios, and further hits followed with "Tired Fe Lick Weed Inna Bush" and "Pretty Me". By the mid 1980s the musical style and fashion was gradually moving from the Roots Radics

Scientist (musician) Hopeton Overton Brown (born 18 April 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a recording engineer and producer who rose to fame in the 1980s mixing dub music as "Scientist". A protégé of King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock), Scientist's contemporaries include ...

engineered slower, spacious

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style towards digital reggae sounds, but Patrick Andy still continued to enjoy further hits in a

style, with "Get Up Stand Up" (1984, based on Half Pint's hit "Greeting" ) , "Smiling", and "Sting Me a Sting, Shock Me a Shock", recorded for Prince Jammy in 1985, the latter based on the digital

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rhythm, but played on real instruments. More hits followed and Andy recorded a number of "clash" albums, where tracks were split between Andy and a series of "opponents", including

star Wayne Smith, Frankie Jones, Half Pint, and Horace Andy.

Discography

*''Showdown vol. 7'' (1984) Channel One/Hitbound (with Wayne Smith) *''Two New Superstars'' (1985) Burning Sounds (with Frankie Jones) *''Clash of the Andys'' (1985) Thunder Bolt (with Horace Andy)

References

External links

Patrick Andy
at Roots Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:Andy, Patrick Jamaican reggae musicians Musicians from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Living people 1960s births Year of birth missing (living people)