Judy Mowatt

Judy Mowatt ( born November 11, 1952 in Gordon Town, Saint Andrew Parish, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican singer, song writer and producer. It is one of the most famous reggae artists worldwide, but also in the soul and gospel scene known.

From 1967 to 1970 she was a member of the singing trio The Gaylettes. In 1974 she formed together with Marcia Griffiths and Rita Marley, the I- Threes, the background vocal trio of Bob Marley And The Wailers.

• 2.1 The Gaylettes
• 2.2 I- Threes
• 2.3 Bob Marley And The Wailers
• 2.4 Solo albums
• 2.5 solo singles

Life

Childhood and youth

Judy Mowatt grew up on the island of Jamaica in the capital, Kingston. As a girl she sang in the church choir and when she was 14 years old, she became in 1966 a member of the Dance Squad that toured the Caribbean. After a few years were Mowatt and two of her friends, Beryl Lawson and Merle Clemonson, in a dance group. They wanted to try to sing professionally, and so they formed soon after the trio The Gaylettes.

An early form of reggae, the so-called early reggae had begun, but the trio was more influenced by American soul and rhythm and blues. The band got a record deal at Motown and was successful.

Discography (excerpt)

The Gaylettes

• We Shall Sing - Judy Mowatt The Gaylettes featuring - 1967-73

I- Threes

Bob Marley And The Wailers

Solo albums

• Mellow Mood ( Tuff Gong, 1975)

• Tracks: Mellow Mood, Love Seed, I'm Alone, What An Experience Mr. Big Man, Pour Sugar On Me, You Were Too Good For Me, First Cut, Just A Stranger Here, Rasta Woman CHANTO, My My People, Never Let Me Go

• Black Woman ( Grove Music, 1980)

• Tracks: Strength To Go Through, Concrete Jungle, Slave Queen, Put It On, Zion Chant, Black Woman, Down In The Valley, Joseph, Many Are Called, Sisters Chant

• Only a Woman ( Shanachie Records, 1982)

• Tracks: You're My People, Only A Woman, Tradewinds, Think, Got To Leave The West, I Am Not Mechanical, On Your Mark, Big Woman, You Dont Care, King Of Kings

• Working Wonders ( Shanachie, 1985)

• Tracks: Black Man, Brown Man; Working Wonders, Love Making, Let's Dance, So Many Eyes, Mother Africa, Ethiopia Salaam, Hush Baby Mother, Traveling Woman, King's Highway

• Love Is Overdue ( Shanachie, 1986)

• Tracks: Sing Your Own Song ( UB40 ), Love Is Overdue, Try A Little Tenderness, Long Long Time, Rock Me, Get Up and Chant, Screwface ( Marley ), Hold Her Jah, One More Time, Who's That

• Rock Me (1993 )
• Something Old, Something New (2002)
• Sing Our Own Song ( 2003)

Solo singles

• Silent River (1968 ) by The Gaylettes
• I Shall Sing ( 1974)
• Only A Woman ( 1975)
• Joseph (1980)
• Black Woman (1980 )
• I Am Not Mechanical (1982 )
• Let's Dance (1985 )
• Stop In The Name Of Love (1992 )
• Rock Me (1993 )
• Simmer Down (1994 )
• Stop! In The Name Of Love (1999)
• Something Old, Something New (2002)
• Sing Our Own Song ( 2003)
• Big Woman ( 2005)