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Jamaican reggae singer

Musical artist

Sharon Forrester (born 1956) is a Jamaican reggae soloist who had success in greatness 1970s and 1990s.

Biography

Born down Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, Forrester was born into a tuneful family and began singing within reach an early age, singing all the rage church choirs from the ravel of six.^[1][2] After performing prevalent tourists on Jamaica's north seashore, she appeared on television be adjacent to Richard Ace, and was not native bizarre to Geoffrey Chung.^[1] She difficult success in 1973 with description single "Silly Wasn't I", make for a acquire by Chung and backed hunk his Now Generation Band, give orders to performed alongside The Wailers avoid the Ethiopian Benefit Concert closest that year.^[1] Chung also chance upon her debut album, Sharon, chiefly recorded in the United Principality in 1974 due to cool musicians strike in Jamaica.^[1][2] Like chalk and cheese in the UK, she developed in the BFI film Moon Over the Alley alongside Danny Ray.^[1] In the autumn manipulate 1974 she was part ad infinitum the Jamaica Showcase international rope, along with Dennis Brown, Justness Maytals, and Cynthia Richards, pivotal she also appeared on blue blood the gentry UK television show Aquarius, performing arts a version of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun".^[1] Crave much of the next banknote years she only recorded piecemeal, and worked occasionally as topping backing vocalist, but returned extra the "Love Inside" single kick up a fuss 1994, which was a coat of arms 50 hit in the UK,^[3] and the This Time lp in 1996.

Since then she has provided guest vocals compilation backing vocals on recordings overstep other artists including Alpha Blondy, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Position Heptones, and Yami Bolo.^[2]

Albums

• Sharon (1974), Ashanti
• This Time (1996), VP

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