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Denroy Morgan is an Jamaican reggae artist. He was born in May Pen in Clarendon, but left Jamaica in 1965 at the age of 19 and traveled to the United States to become a musician. Morgan's peak period was when he signed in 1984 with RCA Records. That deal lead to the release of the reggae album Make My Day and marked him as the first reggae artist to be signed to RCA Records.
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The Black Eagles
Denroy had started in the 1970s and created the Black Eagles a reggae band in New York City in 1974 with Devon "Igo Levi" Foster and Llewellyn "Jah T" Breadwood.
The Black Eagles won the New York Reggae Music Festival in 1977, beginning Denroy's rise to fame that continued into the early 1980s. In 1981, Morgan had his most successful release with "I'll Do Anything For You" which peaked at number nine on the American soul chart [1]. "I'll Do Anything For You" also peaked at number seven on the dance charts [2]. These successes helped to launch his solo reggae career.
Related acts
His children were all musical and have formed two separate bands. One was the reggae band Morgan Heritage made up of Peetah Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan and Memo "Mr. Mojo" Morgan. The other was the dancehall / hip hop band LMS made up of the trio Noshayah Morgan, Otiyah Morgan and Miriam Morgan.
Denroy Morgan's son Roy Morgan known as Gramps Morgan, and part of Morgan Heritage, is also a successful solo act.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 414.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 182.
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Categories:- Living people
- Jamaican reggae musicians
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States
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