The Golden Years Volume 28

1. This could have been the Valentine Mix with so many beautiful love songs and the featured artist, Freddie
   McGregor. This one is dedicated to my wife Baile Webb. 
2. Doreen Shaffer’s (b. Monica Johnson) vocalist, did duos with Jackie Opel in the early sxties. Singer of The Skatalites since 1968.
3. Audrey Hall (born c.1948, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae singer.Hall began her career singing with Dandy Livingstone in the duo Dandy & Audrey.They recorded the song "Morning Side of the Mountain" in 1969, the success of which led to an album of the same name. A second album followed on Trojan, I Need You. Livingstone also produced Hall's early solo recordings for his Downtown label. Hall worked as a backing singer through much of the 1970s and early 1980s alongside her sister Pam, including on Jimmy Cliff's Give The People What They Want, and Peter Tosh's Mama Africa, but she made a comeback as a solo artist in 1985 with "One Dance Just Won't Do", an answer record to Beres Hammond's "What One Dance Can Do", produced by Donovan Germain, which took her into the UK top 20. This was followed up by "Smile" in 1986, which repeated her chart success and gave her biggest hit, and "The Best Thing For Me". In 1986, she returned to recording duets, with "Heart Made of Stone" and the album Dynamic Duo, recorded with former Paragon Don Evans. She continued to work with Germain, recording for his Germain and Penthouse labels, and released the album Reggae Zones in 2001

4. Freddie McGregor was born on June 27, 1956 in Clarendon, Jamaica. He is a singer, musician and producer.

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

   His popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of "Bobby Babylon". Other popular hits of Freddie'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 Clark. McGregor has also toured extensively for many years.

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