Barry Biggs
Barry Biggs (born 1947, although some accounts list 1953;St. Andrew, Jamaica) is a reggae singer, best known in the UK for his cover of the Blue Magic song, "Sideshow", which got to number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.
Career
Biggs worked as an recording engineer and cameraman with the Jamaican Broadcasting Company, and also spent time as a member of the band the Astronauts, before becoming the lead singer for Byron Lee's Dragonaires.
It was at Lee's Dynamic Sounds studio (where he also worked as a producer and engineer) that Biggs recorded his first Jamaican hit, a cover of The Osmonds' "One Bad Apple". He broke through to international success in 1976 with "Work All Day", which had been recorded seven years earlier. Biggs had six hit singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1976 and 1981, the most successful of these, "Sideshow", reaching number 3 in January 1977. He recorded two songs with Bunny Lee; "Sincerely" and "You're Welcome" which did well in reggae charts. He topped the reggae chart in the UK with "Wide Awake in a Dream" and "A Promise is a Comfort to a Fool".
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- Sideshow: Best of Barry Biggs released:
Sideshow: Best of Barry Biggs
- Sideshow
- Three Ring Circus
- Wide Awake in a Dream
- Work All Day
- What's Your Sign Girl
- You Are My Life
- Reflection of My Life
- It's Good to Be Mellow
- Show Me Your Company
- Promise Is Comfort
- My Cherie Amour
- How Could I Let You Get Away
- Just My Imagination
- Sweetest Little Thing
- Love Come Down
- One Bad Apple
- Sincerely
- Love Grows
- Why Must You Cry
- I'll Be Back
- Conversation
- Hey There Lonely Girl
- Have You Seen Her
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Sideshow
by: Barry BiggsStep right up, hurry, hurry
Before the show begins, my friends
Stand in line, get your tickets
I hope you will attend
It'll only cost you fifty cents to see
What life has done to those like you and me
See the man with the broken heart
You'll see that he is sad
He's hurt so bad (So bad, so bad)
See the girl who has lost the only love she's ever had
There's got to be no sadder show to see
No doubt about it, satisfaction's guaranteed
So let the side show begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry
Let the side show begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry
See the man who's been cryin' for a million years
So many tears (So many tears)
See the girl who's collectin' broken hearts for souvenirs
It's more exciting than a one man band
The saddest little show in all the land
So let the side show begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry
Let the side show begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry
So let the side show begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry
Let the side show begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry
Let the side show begin
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