Latest Release
- 5 APR 2024
- 15 Songs
- Rain from the Sky - Single · 1991
- Delroy Wilson Anthology · 1971
- The Best of Delroy Wilson: Original Eighteen (Deluxe Edition) · 2006
- Reggae Anthology - The Channel One Story · 2004
- This Old Heart of Mine · 2022
- The Best of Delroy Wilson: Original Eighteen (Deluxe Edition) · 2006
- Lost & Found - Delroy Wilson · 2001
- The Best of Delroy Wilson: Original Eighteen (Deluxe Edition) · 2006
- Sarge (Expanded Version) · 2024
- Reggae-up · 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
Artist Playlists
- The rocksteady forefather always took his sweet time.
Appears On
- The Aggrovators
About Delroy Wilson
A prodigy at Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Studio One in Kingston, Delroy Wilson recorded his first single for the legendary Jamaican producer in 1961 at the age of 13. Mixing ska rhythms with Motown-like soul vocals, Wilson yielded a number of massive ska and rocksteady hits, most notably the Lee “Scratch” Perry-written “Joe Liges.” After working with Dodd, Wilson continued to follow the high-profile producer circuit, working with Bunny Lee and Joe Gibbs. In 1972, Jamaican politician Michael Manley chose Wilson’s “Better Must Come” as his official campaign anthem. In the very same year, Wilson released “Cool Operator” which became the singer’s nickname. He died in March of 1995.
- HOMETOWN
- Kingston, Jamaica
- BORN
- 5 October 1948
- GENRE
- Reggae