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  • Artiste Tribute: Freddie McGregor


    Freddie McGregor was born June 27, 1956, in Clarendon Jamaica. Freddie McGregor have an incredibly steady career that started all the way back in the 1960s, when he was just seven years old.

    In 1963 Freddie McGregor joined with Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin to form The Clarendonians, and began to record for the Studio One label. McGregor worked with producer Niney the Observer during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

    In 1975, McGregor converted to Rastafari, which had a profound impact on his music. He is a member of the Twelve Tribes organization.

    His popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of "Bobby Babylon". Other popular hits of McGregor's include "Big Ship", "Push Comes to Shove", "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" and "I Was Born a Winner"; as well as cover versions of many early reggae standards. He has also worked with producers Junjo Lawes, Linval Thompson, and Gussie Clarke.

    In 1984, he inaugurated his own Big Ship label, secured a licensing agreement with RAS Records in U.S. and released Come On Over in 1987. After slowing his pace in the late 1990s, McGregor returned in 2000 with the acclaimed Signature, which restored his typical balance of roots reggae and lovers rock with touches of dancehall. He followed it two years later with a similarly well-received album, the Grammy nominated, Anything for You.

    Albums
    Bobby Bobylon (1979) Studio One
    Mr. McGregor aka Freddie McGregor (1979) Observer/Jackal/56 Hope Rd/Mercury
    Lovers Rock (Showcase Jamaica Style) (1981) Live & Love
    Showcase (1981) Observer
    Big Ship (1982) Greensleeves/Thompson Sounds
    I Am Ready (1982) Coxsone/Studio One
    Love At First Sight (1982) Intense
    Come On Over (1983) RAS
    Rhythm So Nice (1983) Thompson Sounds
    Across The Border (1984) RAS
    All In The Same Boat (1986) RAS
    Freddie McGregor (1987) Polydor
    Don't Want To Be Lonely Studio One
    Live at the Town & Country Club (1991) VP
    FM (1992) High Times
    Live in London 1991 (1993) Charly
    Roots Man Skanking Clocktower
    Sing Jamaican Classics Vol.1
    Jamaican Classics Vol.2 (1998) Big Ship
    Magic In The Air (1999) Big Ship
    Zion Chant (1999) Heartbeat
    Signature (2000) VP
    Rumours (2000) Greensleeves
    Carry Go Bring Come (2000) Greensleeves
    Hard to Get (2000) Greensleeves
    Forever My Love (2000) RAS
    Push On (2002) Big Ship
    Lovers Rock (2003) Prestige
    Anything For You (2002) VP
    Reggae Max (2003) Jet Star
    Heart Is Willing (2003) Charm
    Rhythms of My Heart (2004) Nuff
    Comin' in Tough (2005) VP
    Masterpiece (200?) VP
    Mister Eudaric Riddim (2009)
    Mr.McGregor (2009) VP
    Giants (2009) Joe Gibbs Publishing