21-513: Ranglin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alvin Ranglin (born 1942), Jamaican reggae singer and record producer Ernest Ranglin (born 1932), Jamaican jazz and reggae guitarist George Samuel Ranglin (1902–after 1972), President of the Senate of Jamaica from 1962 to 1972 [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
42-501: A family member in 1969 and had his first hit with The Maytones ' (of which he was an early member) single "Loving Reggae". He worked with the vocal duo until they split in 1980 and enjoyed different hits mainly with love songs in the early 1970s. He started his GG's label in 1970 and had a big hit with "Man from Carolina" by his studio band named GG Allstars, an organ-led reworking of the Folkes Brothers hit "Oh Carolina". Among all
63-514: A few shows with the band. He was featured on a 1999 track by the Rascalz titled " Top of the World ", also featuring K-os . Levy also appeared on two singles by rapper Shyne (" Bad Boyz " and " Bonnie & Shyne "), and on a track for drum and bass artist Aphrodite's 2000 album Aftershock . "Here I Come" returned to the charts in 2001, with a new version by Levy and Talisman P reaching number 37 in
84-1085: A host of tracks with Barrington Levy prior to introducing him to Henry "Junjo" Lawes . These tracks would eventually appear on the album Bounty Hunter , which was released on the Jah Life record label. Both record producers recorded several singles with the Roots Radics , including "Ah Yah We Deh", "Looking My Love", "Englishman", "Skylarking", "Wedding Ring Aside" and "Collie Weed", all of which became hits and established Levy's career. Levy's next few singles were similarly successful, including "Shine Eye Girl", "Wicked Intention", "Jumpy Girl", "Disco Music", "Reggae Music", "Never Tear My Love Apart", "Jah", "You Made Me So Happy" and "When You're Young and in Love". Levy then recorded several duets with Toyan , Jah Thomas and Trinity , and appeared at Reggae Sunsplash in 1980 and 1981. Although albums were not terribly important in Jamaica at
105-512: A recording studio and a pressing plant. The GG All Stars Compilations Barrington Levy Barrington Ainsworth Levy (born 30 April 1964) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. Levy was born in Clarendon, Jamaica . He formed a band called the Mighty Multitude, with his cousin, Everton Dacres; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977. Levy established his solo career
126-582: Is Overdue", and in the four-year period that the two worked together in the 1970s, Isaacs status rose to that of a superstar. Ranglin worked with him again in 1995 on the Dreaming album, and again in 2002 on I Found Love . During his long career, Ranglin set up different record labels such as GG's, Hit, and Typhoon, and record stores in places such as Kingston , Half Way Tree, Old Harbour, Brooklyn and London. He currently lives in Kingston and owns GG Records,
147-501: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alvin Ranglin Alvin 'GG' Ranglin (born 1942, Eden, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica ) is a Jamaican reggae singer, record producer and record label owner. Ranglin started to sing in public in his teens with an Adventist Church background. As a radio and television technician involved in the jukebox industry, he soon acquired his own sound system he named "GG". By
168-719: The United Kingdom . Levy made his debut as a producer on the rare 1981 showcase album titled Run Come Ya , which was issued on the Canadian Puff Records label. Taking a break from albums, Levy then released a series of hit singles, including "Mary Long Tongue", "In the Dark", "Too Poor", "I Have a Problem", "Eventide Fire a Disaster", "I'm Not in Love", "You Have It", "Love of Jah", "Under Mi Sensi", "Tomorrow Is Another Day", "Robberman", "Black Roses", "My Woman" and "Money Move". He began working with Paul "Jah Screw" Love and toured
189-410: The surname Ranglin . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ranglin&oldid=997775836 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
210-487: The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. He performed on the West Holts stage at that year's Glastonbury Festival . Since 2011 Levy has been working on his long-awaited album Survivor (the album originally had the working title It's About Time . In 2017 he released the first single from the album GSOAT yet the album remains unreleased. Levy's son Krishane is also a musician, and is signed to Atlantic Records . Levy
231-522: The UK Top 40 hit "Tribal Base". In 1998, he released Living Dangerously , which included a collaboration with one of Jamaica's most prolific deejays , Bounty Killer , and with Snoop Dogg . The release was one of Levy's most successful since the start of the 1990s, and saw him finally achieve some success in the US. Levy performed on two tracks on Long Beach Dub All Stars 1999 album Right Back , and also played
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#1732858263302252-937: The UK in 1984, where he enjoyed a big hit on the reggae charts with "Under Mi Sensi", which was followed by the crossover hit "Here I Come", which reached number 41 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. He returned to LPs with Lifestyle and Money Move , followed by a British hit album called Here I Come ; Levy received the Best Vocalist prize at the British Reggae Awards in 1984. The late 1980s saw Levy, now in his twenties, slow down his recorded output, though he continued to perform and record regularly, and played at Sunsplash every year from 1987 to 1995. His fortunes were revived by two cover versions of Bob Andy songs - "My Time" and "Too Experienced", both produced by Jah Screw, and he
273-527: The UK. In 2004, he contributed to a track on the album White People by Handsome Boy Modeling School , a project by Prince Paul and Dan the Automator . He also did some collaborations with Slightly Stoopid on their 2005 album Closer to the Sun . Most recently, Levy made a guest appearance on the single "No Fuss" by Red-1 of the Rascalz , from his 2007 album Beg For Nothing . In September 2013, he released
294-414: The artists he worked with are Eric Donaldson in 1970 ("Lonely Night"...), Max Romeo , Billy Dyce, The Ethiopians in 1972, U-Roy in 1973, Prince Mohammed with the hit "Hallelujah I Love Her So", Cynthia Richards , Gregory Isaacs from 1974 to 1977 (including his debut In Person album, and the two Best of volumes), The Starlites featuring Stanley Beckford (" Soldering " in 1975), Jah Thomas in
315-447: The following year with the release of "A Long Time Since We Don't Have No Love"; though the single was a failure, the fourteen-year-old was a popular performer at Jamaican dancehalls. In an August 2014 interview with Midnight Raver , record producer Delroy Wright revealed that it was his brother Hyman Wright who first met Barrington Levy in the mid-1970s through Wade "Trinity" Brammer. According to Delroy Wright, Hyman Wright recorded
336-456: The mid 1970s ("Midnight Rock"), Dennis Brown in 1975, I-Roy in 1977, Dennis Alcapone , Mike Brooks in 1977 ("Guiding Star" launched his career), between 1977 and 1978 Jah Stone & Freddie McKay ("The Right Time"), in 1979 Lone Ranger ("Barnabas Collins" became a No. 1 in the UK reggae chart in 1980) plus Barrington Levy , with whom he enjoyed a string of hits in the early 1980s. Isaacs gave Ranglin his first international hit with "Love
357-500: The mid-1960s, he opened his own TV repair shop in May Pen and started to produce records with artists such as Trevor Brown; and as a singer with Vernon Buckley (later of The Maytones ) as "Vern & Alvin" and with Lloyd Flowers under the name of "Flowers & Alvin". He soon developed his business by buying jukeboxes and opening his first record shop. He took over the Gloria label from
378-558: The single "Love the Way She Love", a collaboration with Mr. Vegas , and announced an acoustic album featuring new songs and reworkings of old songs such as "Prison Oval Rock" and "Black Roses". His album, Acousticalevy , was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2016. In 2021, Levy was featured on the Gorillaz track "Meanwhile" alongside Jelani Blackman. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Levy at number 119 on its list of
399-582: The time, Levy released four albums before 1980: Shaolin Temple , Bounty Hunter , Shine Eye Gal ( United Kingdom ) and Englishman , a critically acclaimed record . His success led to many earlier studio and sound system performances being reissued without his consent, releases he described as "joke business". By the time his 1980 album Robin Hood was released, Levy was one of the biggest Jamaican stars, and saw his international fame growing as well, especially in
420-549: Was short-lived. In the 1990s, Levy continued to release periodic hits in Jamaica, and more rarely in the UK , although his vocals were sampled and used in many underground and released jungle tunes. On 20 June 1991, he appeared on the BBC One music show Top of the Pops alongside Rebel MC (Congo Natty) and Tenor Fly as his track "Here I Come" was sampled by Rebel MC, with the record becoming
441-590: Was signed by Island Records in 1991 for the Divine album. In 1991 he returned to the UK chart with "Tribal Base", a single by Rebel MC featuring Levy and Tenor Fly , which reached number 20. In 1993, Levy tried to break in the United States with the Barrington album, produced by Lee Jaffe , Andre Betts and Sly & Robbie , but it failed to give him the breakthrough he wanted and his relationship with MCA Records
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