Gregory Isaacs
One of the many great Caribbean vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s, Gregory Isaacs
is credited as pioneering a soulful, romantic form of reggae pop known as
Lover's Rock. Born in the Fletcher's Land ghetto of Kingston, he grew up
performing Sam Cooke and Otis Redding songs in talent contests across Jamaica
and developed a smooth, lilting delivery that would lead him to work with
producer Prince Buster and form the group Concords. He scored the local hits My
Only Lover and Love Is Overdue as a solo artist, before recording the classic Mr
Cop at Lee Perry's Black Ark Studios and sign...
