Junior Byles
Kerrie Byles (born 17 July 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica), also known as "Junior Byles", "Chubby", or "King Chubby", is a Jamaican reggae singer.
Biography
The Versatiles
Kerrie Byles Jr. was born at Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, and grew up in the city's Jonestown ghetto, where his father worked as a mechanic, and his mother was a schoolteacher. His family were devoutly religious, and his early musical education came from singing in church. He formed the vocal trio The Versatiles in 1967, along with Dudley Earl and Ben 'Louis' Davis, while also working as a firefighter.Lee "Scratch" Perry, then working as chief engineer at Joe Gibbs' studio, was scouting for talent for Gibbs' new Amalgamated label, and spotted the group while they were auditioning for the 1967 Festival Song Contest with "The Time Has Come". Perry signed the group to the label, but left Gibbs soon after. The Versatiles stayed with Gibbs for two years, before moving to work with Perry, and then to Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label, also recording for other producers such as Laurel Aitken. The group split up in 1970, with Byles still working as a firefighter but continuing to record solo for Perry (sometimes with the other former-Versatiles providing harmonies).
Podcasts:
Junior Byles
ALBUMS
- Curly Locks: Best of 1970-1976 released: 1997
- When Will Better Come? - 1972 - 1976 released: 1988
- Jordan released: 1976
- Beat Down Babylon released:
- Beat Down Babylon: The Upsetter Years released:
Curly Locks: Best of 1970-1976
Released 1997- Da Da
- Come Da Da (extended mix)
- Fever
- Lick the Pipe Peter (feat. Jah T and Errol Thompson)
- A Place Called Africa
- Africa Stand (feat. Dennis Alcapone)
- Long Way
- When Will Better Come (alternate mix)
- Informer Man
- Curly Locks (original version)
- Curly Locks #2 (version, take 2)
- Curly Locks #3 (alternate mix)
- Fun and Games (version, take 2)
- Education Rock
- Got the Tip
- What Is This World Coming To (take 2)
- Demonstration
- Cutting Razor (feat. the Versatiles)
- Now Generation
- Thanks We Get
- A Matter of Time
- Are You Leading Me On
Beat Down Babylon: The Upsetter Years
- (Festival) Da Da
- I've Got A Feeling
- Don't Know Why
- Demonstration
- Coming Home
- Beat Down Babylon
- A Place Called Africa 3
- Joshua's Desire
- A Matter Of Time
- Poor Chubby
- (A) Fun And Games (B) Motion Dub
- (A) Pretty Fe True (B) Pretty Dub
- King Of Babylon
- Pharoah Hiding
- Hail To Power
- Fever
- Auntie Lulu
- When Will Better Come
- The Thanks We Get
- Mumbling & Grumbling
- Curley Locks
- Dreader Locks
- The Long Way
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Beat Down Babylon
by: Junior BylesSay me no like that kind of Babylon
Say me no dig them kind of wicked men
For me no find no righteousness
All I see is dread dread wickedness
Everybody beat down Babylon
Everybody whip them wicked men
Whip them, whip them
Oh what a wicked situation
Must we all die for salvation
This may cause a revolution
Plenty dangerous pollution Everybody beat down Babylon
Everybody whip them wicked men
Whip them, whip them
Never turn your back on them people
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