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ALBUMChant Dem DownFreddie McGregor
Albums by Freddie McGregor
ALBUMA Breath of Fresh Air (Extended Version)Freddie McGregor
ALBUMTrue to My RootsFreddie McGregor
ALBUMDi CaptainFreddie McGregor
ALBUMSings Sweet Love SongsFreddie McGregor
ALBUMSings Jamaican Classics, Vol. 2Freddie McGregor
ALBUMComin' In ToughFreddie McGregor
ALBUMHeart Is WillingFreddie McGregor
ALBUMAnything for YouFreddie McGregor
ALBUMLovers RockFreddie McGregor
ALBUMSignatureFreddie McGregor
Freddie McGregor's Popular Music Videos
Don't Tell Me No (feat. Freddie McGregor)
Locos por Juana
Glory
Freddie McGregor & Roots Radics
Dub Glory (feat. Freddie McGregor)
Roots Radics & Mad Professor
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Freddie McGregor Essentials
An enduring figure in Jamaican popular music, with an ear for hits.
Artist Biography
Throughout his long career as one of Jamaica's preeminent vocalists, Freddie McGregor has deftly balanced Rastafarian roots reggae with ardent lovers rock. Born in Clarendon Parish in 1956, "Little Freddie" McGregor perched on a beer case to sing ska tunes with The Clarendonians at age seven. His conversion to Rastafarianism in 1975 is reflected in singles like "I Am a Rasta," which preceded his 1977 debut album, Mr. McGregor. In 1980, he released Bobby Bobylon, a Jamaican smash hit. He enjoyed similar artistic and commercial success in 1982 with Big Ship, and expanded his reputation internationally in 1984 with a crossover cover of the popular Cuban patriotic song "Guantanamera." Throughout his career, he applied his Philadelphia-style soul pipes to lovers-rock hits such as "That Girl" and a memorable cover of The Main Ingredient's "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely." After more than three dozen albums, McGregor was still keeping reggae real on 2016's True to My Roots.
Hometown
Clarendon, Jamaica
Genre
Reggae