Johnny Osbourne Come Back Darling Cd

'The Godfather of Dancehall' is the well-deserved moniker for Johnny Osbourne describing his contribution to reggae music as it evolved from the local Jamaican community to the international arena. A string of hits dating from the late sixties through the nineties defines Johnny's longevity and artistic ability.
Johnny Osbourne was born in 1947 and grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He became interested in music while attending the Alpha Boys School, a school renowned for both strong discipline and excellent musical education. Past attendees who went on to musical greatness include Tommy McCook, Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond, Cedric 'Im' Brooks, and Rico Rodriguez, just to name a few. Johnny sang in the school choir, the church choir, and played trumpet in the Alpha band. Later, as lead singer with the band the Wildcats which included Earl 'Bagga' Walker on bass guitar, he recorded his first song, 'All I Have Is Love.' Johnny Osbourne began to hang around with singers Bunny Brown and Tinga Stewart, and with the Sensations and Techniques groups. At that time, the Sensations were Jackie Parris, Buster Riley, and Bobby Davis. With the Sensations, he sang lead on the recordings, 'Warrior,' 'Come Back Darling,' 'See and Blind,' and 'Fish Mouth,' for producer Winston Riley and Riley's new Techniques label. In 1969, these songs and others were compiled for the Come Back Darling LP, credited to Johnny Osbourne and the Sensations. Very shortly after finishing the tracks for his debut album, Johnny migrated to Canada. Musically, he was frustrated. Although he was singing in a band called Ishan People which included members of the In Crowd band, his name wasn't getting out there as he would have liked.
Johnny returned to Jamaica just as Clement Dodd's Studio One label was about to reassert itself and rejuvenate the music scene with a new sound with ties to the past. It would be known as the dancehall sound. Clement Dodd was always looking for fresh talent, and Johnny Osbourne, Sugar Minott, Freddie McGregor, Michigan & Smiley, and Willie Williams all made the cut and were able to record for the legendary producer who had recently upgraded his recording studio to 16 tracks. Johnny has recalled that Studio One was where he always wanted to be but didn't get the chance before 1979. Hit making Kingston studios were having great success with their versions of Studio One rhythms, so Clement Dodd fired back by remixing his own originals and providing them as rhythm tracks for a new breed of singer.

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Johnny Osbourne Come Back Darling

7' Single on 45cat: Johnny Osbourne - Come Back Darling / Version - Techniques - Jamaica.
'Come Back Darling' (originally by Johnny Osbourne).
With the Sensations, he sang lead on the recordings, 'Warrior,' 'Come Back Darling,' 'See and Blind,' and 'Fish Mouth,' for producer Winston Riley and Riley's new Techniques label. In 1969, these songs and others were compiled for the Come Back Darling LP, credited to Johnny Osbourne and the Sensations.

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Johnny Osbourne (born Errol Osbourne, 1948) is one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time, who rose to success in the late 1970s and mid-1980s. His album Truths and Rights was a roots reggae success, and featured 'Jah Promise' and the album's title track, 'Truths and Rights'. Johnny also enjoyed big hits with covers of U.S. Soul tunes like 'Ready Or Not'. It was first recorded in 1970 and is called Come Back Darlingn. It was later covered by UB40 in 1999. Johnny Osbourne lyrics are copyright by their rightful owner(s) and Jah Lyrics in no way takes copyright or claims the lyrics belong to us.