Super cat
Super Cat , also known as Wild Apache , (* 25. June 1963 as William Maragh in Kingston ) is a Jamaican dancehall - Deejay who mainly the late 1980s and early 1990s had great success.
biography
Maragh was born and raised in Kingston's Seivright Gardens district. His mother is Afro-Jamaican and his father is Jamaican of Indian descent. William Maragh began his career in the 1970s as the deejay of a live sound system . He toasted there under the name "Cat-A-Rock". His first single was released in 1981 on producer Winston Riley's Techniques label and was called "Mr. Walker" . It was also Riley who produced the single. After serving a brief prison sentence in the early 1980s, he joined the famous Killamanjaro sound system as Deejay in 1983 . There he got the nickname "Wild Apache" from his mentor Early B.
In 1984 Super Cat's second single Sit Down Pon It was released on the Jamaican label Powerhouse. In the same year, a number of other singles came out on various labels. Two years later, the Jamaican label Skengdon released the artist's first album, Boops! . At the time, Super Cat was one of Jamaica's most sought-after deejays.
The second album was released another two years later. After some single successes, Maragh founded his own label in 1987, which he named after his nickname Wild Apache. In 1991 the album Cabin Stabbin was released , which he brought out together with the Jamaican deejays Junior Demus and Nicodemus. The record was the first dancehall album to be released jointly by several deejays.
In the early 1990s, Super Cat signed a contract with the major Columbia Records label in New York , which later released three albums and several singles. After several TV appearances and worldwide tours, he was named Dancehall Deejay of the Year in 1993 by several sides. Its productivity dropped significantly in the second half of the 1990s. In 1997, a single single called All These Girls Are Mine was released in collaboration with Roots singer Horace Andy . In 1998 the album The Good, the Better, the Best of Super Cat , published by Columbia Records, followed . In 2003 the long player Take Two followed , a feature with Mad Cobra .
Between 2000 and 2004 more and more singles appeared again, of which Reggae Matic was the last for the time being. It wasn't until 11 years later that another single, Ever Ready, was released. Super Cat inspired many well-known deejays, such as: B. Sean Paul , and remained one of Jamaica's most legendary dancehall deejays. This was mainly due to the fact that his dubplate in soundclashes for the respective sound system that played these songs usually resulted in a victory.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 reggae
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R&B
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| 1992 | Don Dada Columbia Records |
reggae11 (13 weeks) reggae |
R&B37 (43 weeks) R&B |
First release: May 1992
Entry into the reggae charts only in February 1994 Producers: Andrew Harpaul, Robert Livingston, William Maragh |
| 1994 | The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Crazy Columbia Records |
reggae6 (8 weeks) reggae |
- |
First published: June 1994
with Junior Cat, Junior Demus and Nicodemus Producers: Wild Apache Productions, Hyman Wright, Little Louie Vega, Tony Kelly, W. Johnson |
| 1995 | The Struggle Continues Columbia Records |
reggae6 (29 weeks) reggae |
R&B60 (6 weeks) R&B |
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More albums
- 1985: Si Boops Deh (Techniques)
- 1986: Boops! (Skengdon)
- 1988: Sweets for My Sweet (Wild Apache)
- 1990: Cabin Stabbin (with Neckademus and Junior Demus; VP Records)
- 2003: Take Two (with Mad Cobra ; Sony Music Entertainment)
Compilations
- 1998: The Good, the Better, the Best of Super Cat
- 1999: Showcase (with Early B and Papa Kojak)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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US
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R&B
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Dance
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| 1992 | It Fe Done Don Dada |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
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First release: June 1992
feat. Josie Wales Author: William Maragh |
| Ghetto Red Hot Don Dada |
- | - |
R&B89 (6 weeks) R&B |
Dance43 (4 weeks) Dance |
First published: July 1992
Author: Collin "Bulby" York |
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| The No Worry We Don Dada |
- | - |
R&B87 (6 weeks) R&B |
Dance21 (11 weeks) Dance |
First published: November 1992
Authors: Heavy D , William Maragh |
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| 1993 | Dolly My Baby Cool Runnings (Soundtrack) |
- | - |
R&B64 (19 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: March 1993
from the soundtrack of the film Cool Runnings. Authors: William Maragh, Trevor Sparks |
| Alright Da Bomb |
UK47 (2 weeks) UK |
US19th  (19 weeks)US |
R&B8 (20 weeks) R&B |
Dance40 (5 weeks) Dance |
First release: July 1993
Kris Kross feat. Super Cat including samples from slaves Just a Touch of Love Authors: Da Brat , Jermaine Dupri |
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| 1995 | My Girl Josephine The Struggle Continues |
UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
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First release: April 1995
feat. Jack Radics Authors: Dave Bartholomew , Fats Domino , Super Cat Original: Fats Domino, 1960 |
| GirlsTown |
- |
US99 (1 week) US |
R&B59 (13 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: August 1995
Authors: Erick Sermon , William Maragh |
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| 1998 | Fly Floored |
UK58 (2 weeks) UK |
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| 2003 | Well well well hot & wet |
- |
US75 (6 weeks) US |
R&B24 (13 weeks) R&B |
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More singles
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* Super Cat has sung and toasted many riddims and released many singles with unknown release dates that are not listed here.
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles UK1 UK2 UK3 US
- ↑ a b gold / platinum database US
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Super cat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | William Maragh (real name); Wild Apache |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican dancehall musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston |