Freddie McGregor

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Freddie McGregor at the Ruhr Reggae Summer 2009 Festival.
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Push comes to shove
  UK 89 07/05/1986 (3 weeks)
Just don't want to be lonely
  UK 9 06/20/1987 (12 weeks)
That girl
  UK 47 09/19/1987 (5 weeks)
Come to me
  UK 91 02/20/1988 (2 weeks)

Freddie McGregor (born June 27, 1956 in Clarendon Parish , Jamaica ) is a reggae singer, musician and producer. He belongs to the Rastafarian religion .

life and career

McGregor's career began at the age of seven. In 1963 he founded the Clarendonians with Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin and recorded records for Studio One .

In the 1980s he also became popular in Europe and had some hits like Big Ship , Push Comes To Shove , Just Don't Want To Be Lonely and I Was Born A Winner . He also played cover versions of many early reggae standards. He has worked with producers such as Junjo Lawes , Linval Thompson, Gussie Clark over the course of his career , and with Niney the Observer in the 1970s and 1980s . In his long career he played many concerts inside and outside Jamaica.

On his Big Ship Recording Studio he published, among others, the Luciano and Mikey Spice produced by him .

He was nominated for a Reggae Grammy 2002 with the album Anything for You . For 2017 he was awarded the Musgrave Medal in Silver.

Discography (selection)

  • Bobby Bobylon (1980, Heartbeat)
  • Love At First Sight (1982)
  • I Am Ready (1982)
  • Across The Border (1984, RAS)
  • Come On Over (1984, RAS)
  • All In The Same Boat (1986, RAS)
  • Freddie McGregor (1987)
  • Big Ship (1988, Greensleeves )
  • Rhythm So Nice (1988)
  • Don't Want To Be Lonely (1988)
  • Reggae Rockers (1989, Peter Pan (ISP))
  • Live at the Town & Country Club (1991, VP Records )
  • Big Ship Classic Dub (1992, VP)
  • FM (1992)
  • Hard to Get (1993, Pow Wow)
  • Carry Go Bring Come (1994, Pow Wow)
  • Push On (1994, VP)
  • Zion Chant (1994)
  • Forever My Love (1995, RAS)
  • Masterpiece (1997)
  • Rumors (1999, Greensleeves)
  • Lovers Rock (2002, Prestige Elite)
  • Anything For You (2002, VP)
  • Heart Is Willing (2003, Charm)
  • Comin 'in Tough (2005, VP)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ↑ Bounty Killer, Capleton, Freddie McGregor among nominees for Reggae Grammy ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Observer January 8, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jamaicaobserver.com

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personal data
SURNAME McGregor, Freddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican reggae singer, musician and producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Clarendon Parish , Jamaica