Johnny Reggae

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The lead vocals have been at various times been incorrectly attributed to Adrienne Posta or Wendy Richard. They were attributed at various times to various artists, most frequently to the typecast-tart actress Adrienne Posta and at times to Wendy Richard and to Kay Barry, [1]; some claim that the vocalists were trained (anonymous) session singers coached to sound like teenage girls.

If you think that’s a peculiar title for my blog post today, well, it’s Chris’s fault… if there is any blame to be attached to the consequences of reading this particular entry. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Not too shocking a confession so far”, I thought but didn’t actually say anything, especially as he wouldn’t have heard me because at that point a pedestrian came along the cycle- path and Chris had to drop back behind me.I too have had Johnny Reggae in my ear since we played it on my radio show last Tuesday and find myself half wanting to share this song with friends and half too embarrassed to admit that I kinda like it. King himself has explained in comments on his YouTube channel [3] and in his autobiography 65 My Life So Far that the vocalists were session singers "coached to sound like teenage scrubbers", and that the lead vocalist was session singer Barbara Kay, who also recorded as Kay Barry for Embassy Records. You know, a girl with an Essex accent sings, ‘Reggae, Reggae, Reggae, Here comes Johnny Reggae, Reggae, Reggae, Reggae, Lay it on me'” Chris sang.

The titles 'Johnny Reggae' and 'Threesome' are the band's ticket to be part of the World’s Ska Circus.The Piglets are best remembered for " Johnny Reggae" (1971), released on Bell Records which reached No. Their amazingly phenomenally successful ditty of "Johnny Reggae" has crashed the chart this week and seems set to be an instant No. While recording and mixing we had great support by Skankaroos frontman Niklas, who was on hand with help and advice. The Piglets were a British female outfit, and one of the pseudonyms Jonathan King used in the 1970s to release some of his songs.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.At the heart is Johnny Ska, who is not only singer and guitarist of the trio, but providing the good groove on his Rudie Drums. Would you believe that my Johnny Reggae blog post still get hits every day, even after all this time? in the UK Singles Chart and was a global hit, charting in various other countries including Germany. I thought, because Mr Johnson, a relative newcomer to the town from Birmingham (and not generally well-liked owing to his lack of a sense of humour) had hitherto been a rather dour and curt man. After my horrible breakfast of whole-grain porridge (back to the Dukan diet now that all our visitors have gone home), Chris and I were cycling along to Cockwood Harbour when my husband suddenly announced that he had a confession to make, and it was something rather embarrassing.