Jackie Opel
Born Dalton Sinclair Bishop (born in Chapman Lane, Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie Opel (1938–1970) possessed a rich, powerful voice with a high octave range. He was known as the "Jackie Wilson of Jamaica", and was a gifted dancer.
In the early 1960s, he was discovered by Byron Lee, the band master of the Dragonaires, who brought him to Jamaica. His styles included ska, R&B, soul, gospel, and calypso. He is credited with inventing spouge music, a fusion of ska, calypso, and R&B music. Opel performed duos with Doreen Schaffer and Hortense Ellis, and in 1964 was backed by Wailers Bob Marley and Peter Tosh on "Mill Man", "Hairy Mango" and "A time to cry" and maybe some others like "I Don´t Want Her".
Opel eventually moved to Trinidad and then subsequently to Barbados. On 8 March 1970, he died in a car crash in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Discography (selected)
US
Note: ‘You Gotta Cry’ is in fact ‘Cry Me A River’ renamed to avoid confusion with the Julie London standard.
Podcasts:
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Take Your Time
by: Jackie OpelGive me time to explain
The way I feel about you.
Don't try to play too smart:
You'll end up breaking in two.
Why don't you take your time?
You better take your time.
The world wasn't made within a day,
So the Bible say.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,
Some day you'll get your pay.
Why don't you take your time?
You better take your time.
You got what you want
And you think that's all.
Let me tell you something, brother:
Some day you've got to fall.
Don't play hypocrite with me, my friend,
Coz I know a long
The bull is going to overthrow
The fire will burn your hand.
Why don't you take your time?
You better take your time.
Don't try too hard, too hard,
And you think that's all,
Let me tell you something, brother:
Some day you're going to fall.
Don't play hypocrite with me, my friend,
Coz I know a long
The bull is going to overthrow
The fire will burn your hand.
Why don't you take your time?
You better take your time.
Why don't you take your time?
You better take your time.