Bitty McLean

Bitty McLean at the Ruhr Reggae Summer 2014 in Dortmund

Bitty McLean (actually Delroy McLean , * 8. August 1972 in Birmingham ) is a British reggae - singer and songwriter .

biography

McLean first studied sound recording and media in Liverpool . Later he worked as a technician in the studio of the reggae band UB40 and joined their concerts in the opening act on. With the debut single It Keeps Rainin '(Tears from My Eyes) he had the first and biggest hit of his solo career in the summer of 1993. The song was first number two in the United Kingdom , a little later number five in Austria and number 31 in Germany . With Pass It On , McLean made it into the UK charts a second time, this time at number 35.

Another Top 10 hit followed in January 1995 with Here I Stand . The accompanying album Just to Let You Know climbed to number 19 in the UK charts in the spring. The fourth successful release, Dedicated to the One I Love , rose a quarter of a year after Here I stand to 6th place in the United Kingdom and 52nd place in Germany. What Goes Around only made it to number 36 on the English charts in the summer of that year.

From 1995's Natural High album, Over the River and We've Only Just Begun reached top 30 positions, while Nothing Can Change This Love and Natural High had to be content with lower rankings. The last time, albeit briefly, was the chart entry in 1996 with the single She's Alright . The album Respect advertised on the single cover never appeared.

Bitty McLean is still active today and has released various other albums, but commercial success was no longer a result.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	UK
1994	Just to let you know	-	-	UK19th gold (13 weeks)UK
1995	Natural high	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK

More albums

• 2001: The Dreaming Kind (Justin feat.Bitty Mclean)
• 2003: Soul to Soul
• 2004: On Bond Street Kgn. YES. (with The Supersonics)
• 2007: Made in Jamaica
• 2009: Movin 'On
• 2013: The Taxi Sessions

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	UK
1993	It Keeps Rainin '(Tears from My Eyes) Just To Let You Know ...	DE31 (16 weeks) DE	AT5 (13 weeks) AT	UK2 silver (15 weeks)UK
	Pass It On Just To Let You Know ...	-	-	UK35 (3 weeks) UK
1994	Here I Stand Just To Let You Know ...	-	-	UK10 (7 weeks) UK
	Dedicated to the One I Love Just To Let You Know ...	DE52 (15 weeks) DE	-	UK6 (10 weeks) UK	First published: 1993
	What Goes Around Just To Let You Know ...	-	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK
1995	Over the River Natural High	-	-	UK27 (4 weeks) UK
	We've Only Just Begun Natural High	-	-	UK23 (5 weeks) UK
	Nothing Can Change This Love Natural High	-	-	UK55 (2 weeks) UK
1996	Natural high Natural high	-	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	First published: 1995
	She's alright	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK

More singles

• 1997: Try a Little Tenderness
• 1998: I Need (with Blacka Don)
• 2004: Walk Away from Love (with The Supersonics)
• 2005: I'm in Love With a Girl (with The Duke Reid's All Stars)
• 2005: A Cruising
• 2005: Never Let Me Go
• 2007: Let Them Talk
• 2007: Would I Lie to You ( Ali Campbell feat. Bitty McLean)
• 2007: Brother Man
• 2008: This Train (with The Skatalites )
• 2008: Games with Love
• 2008: Got to Let Go
• 2009: Plead My Cause
• 2012: It's Running Over (with Josey Wales and Sly & Robbie )
• 2013: Cornerstone (with Ansel Collins )
• 2013: Fu Manchu (with The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra)
• 2014: A Step Closer in Love

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1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/73aaebf1-c6a4-4211-9089-62e65f9e199a
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE, AT [1]
3. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

Commons : Bitty McLean  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bitty McLean on Allmusic (English)
• Bitty McLean at Discogs (English)
• Delroy McLean at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Taurus Press