| The one and only Jamaican reggae artist who could | | | | numbers, sultry R&B and sweet love ballads, all |
| always set my heart aflutter, Dennis Emmanuel Brown | | | | delivered with emotion. His well-known Money in My |
| was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on February 1, 1957. He | | | | Pocket became a Top-20 hit in the U.K. in 1979, leading |
| recorded in the neighborhood of 100 albums and was | | | | to a contract with A&M Records which |
| a pioneer of the lovers' rock genre. Called "Emmanuel, | | | | guaranteed him international stardom. By the late |
| the Crown Prince of Reggae", Bob Marley (who will | | | | 1970s, Brown had given us more hits such as Sitting |
| always be the King of reggae) named Dennis Brown | | | | & Watching, Wolves and Leopards, Here I Come |
| as his favorite singer. | | | | and Revolution; many featuring Sly and Robbie as the |
| Dennis Brown grew up in the heart of Jamaica's music | | | | rhythm section. |
| scene, on Orange Street, near most of the island's | | | | And the hits just kept coming. Dennis moved to |
| major recording studios. By the age of 9 he was | | | | London and continued to record and produce. His 1982 |
| singing regularly with Byron Lee & the | | | | album, Love Has Found Its Way brought him pop |
| Dragonaires. Recording initially for Coxsone Dodd, | | | | success when the title track climbed to #42 on the |
| owner and operator of the famed Studio 1 recording | | | | U.S. Billboard R&B charts. By the end of the 1980s, |
| studio, Dennis was a teenager when he scored his | | | | he had returned to Jamaica, adapting his music for a |
| first big hit with his cover of the Impressions' No Man is | | | | younger market and continuing to tour the world, thrilling |
| an Island in 1968. | | | | sold-out audiences everywhere. |
| By 1973, Dennis Brown connected with a young | | | | Through the decades, some of Dennis Brown's most |
| producer, Niney "the Observer" Holness, and was | | | | interesting work was in collaboration with other great |
| recording exclusively with him. Their collaborations | | | | reggae artists like Cocoa Tea, Freddie McGregor, |
| resulted in hit after hit after hit. Best known for his | | | | Third World's Bunny Clarke, and Gregory Isaacs. |
| smooth, charismatic vocals and lush melodies, Dennis | | | | Certainly one of Jamaica's classiest performers, this |
| Brown was on the path to becoming one of Jamaica's | | | | outgoing, friendly man amassed a loving following |
| most prolific and beloved artists. | | | | throughout his career and established himself as one |
| Dennis Brown continued to hone his songwriting skills | | | | of the most impressive reggae artists of the 20th |
| and was equally adept at political or conscious | | | | century. |