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Wilfred Gerald "Jackie" Edwards (1938 – 15 August 1992) was a Jamaican musician and songwriter, whose career took in ska, R&B, soul, rocksteady, reggae, and ballads.〔Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9〕 ==Career== Edwards was born in Jamaica in 1938 where he grew up as one of fifteen siblings. Strongly influenced by Nat King Cole, he began performing at the age of 14.〔"(Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards, An Unsung Hero Of The 60s )", ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 24 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015〕 He and came to the attention of Chris Blackwell in 1959. Edwards had four number one singles in Jamaica between 1960 and 1961, all self-written ballads with latin-influenced music.〔 When Blackwell set up Island Records in London in 1962, Edwards travelled with him.〔 Edwards worked as a singer and songwriter for Island, recording as a solo artist and also duets with Mille Small, as well as performing duties such as delivering records.〔〔 He wrote both "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me", that became number one singles in the United Kingdom for The Spencer Davis Group.〔〔 He continued to work as a recording artist himself, with regular album releases through to the mid-1980s. Much of his later work was produced by Bunny Lee, and he also worked with The Aggrovators.〔 Dionne Bromfield covered his song "Oh Henry" on her album ''Introducing Dionne Bromfield'' in 2009. Edwards also worked as a producer, co-producing the 1977 album ''Move Up Starsky'' by The Mexicano.〔(The Mexicano - ''Move Up Starsky'' )〕 The majority of Jackie's catalogue is published through (Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd ) for the World. He died in August 1992 of a heart attack.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackie Edwards (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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