Jackie Edwards

Wilfred Gerald "Jackie" Edwards (1938 – 15 August 1992)[1]  was a Jamaican musician and songwriter, whose career took in ska, R&B, soul, rocksteady, reggae, andballads.[2]



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[hide]  *1 Career  ==Career[ edit] == Edwards was born in Jamaica, and came to the attention of Chris Blackwell in 1959; when Blackwell set up Island Records in London in 1962, Edwards travelled with him.[1]  Edwards worked as a singer and songwriter for Island as well as performing duties such as delivering records.[2]  He wrote both "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me", that became #1 singles in the United Kingdom for The Spencer Davis Group.[1] [2]  He continued to work as a recording artist himself, with regular album releases through to the mid-1980s. Much of his later work was produced by Bunny Lee, and he also worked with The Aggrovators.[1]  Dionne Bromfield covered his song "Oh Henry" on her album "Introducing Dionne Bromfield" in 2009.
 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Compilation albums
 * 3 See also
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

Edwards also worked as a producer, co-producing the 1977 album Move Up Starsky by The Mexicano.[3]  The majority of Jackie's catalogue is published through Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World.

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 * The Most of... (1964) Island
 * Stand Up For Jesus (1964) Island
 * Come on Home (1965) Island
 * By Demand (1966) Island
 * Pledging My Love (1966) (with Millie Small)
 * Premature Golden Sands (1967) Island
 * I Do Love You (1973) Trojan
 * Do You Believe In Love (1976) Klik
 * Let It Be Me (1978) Jamaica Sound (with Hortense Ellis)
 * Sincerely (1978) Trojan
 * Come to Me Softly (1979) Third World
 * Starlight (197?) Pye
 * Tell Me Darling (197?) Imperial
 * Nothing Takes the Place of You (1981) Starlight
 * King of the Ghetto (1982) Black Music
 * Tell It Like It Is (1982) Starlight
 * The Original Mr. Cool Ruler (1983) Vista Sounds
 * Musical Treasures Disco Style (198?) Imperial
 * Dearest (1995) Lagoon
 * In Paradise (1995) Carl's
 * The Best of Jackie Edwards (1966), Island
 * The Best of Jackie & Millie (1968) (with Millie Small)
 * 20 Greatest Hits (1977) Conflict
 * 20 Super Hits Sonic Sounds
 * Great Soul Hits (199?) Marginal
 * In Paradise (1994) Trojan
 * Memorial Rhino
 * Singing Hits From Studio One And More Rhino
 * This Is My Story: A History of Jamaica's Greatest Balladeer (2005) Trojan
 * 50 Greatest Hits (2013), Alexander Music Group