Inner Circle

On Tour
Play Radio

1,879,943 plays (332,583 listeners)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Inner Circle Ringtones to Cell
Buy
Add to my Library

Jamaica (1968 – present)

The reggae group Inner Circle was formed in 1968 by the brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. At first they covered soul and R&B hits from the United States, and then also a few reggae songs, predominantly from Bob Marley.

The band released two albums as The Inner Circle in 1974 for jamaican label “Starapple”(and they were distributed by “Trojan” in UK), and resigned to Capitol Records in 1976, and Island Records(where the internationally successful album “Everything Is Great” originated. This album reached top 20 in the UK and preceded their other chart success by some years) in 1979.

Inner Circle was decidedly influenced through the original member Jacob Miller, the frontman and lead singer who was killed in a car crash on March 23, 1980. At the end of the 1970s Inner Circle with Jacob “Killer” Miller was more popular in Jamaica than Bob Marley. The band also appeared in the reggae cult film Rockers in 1978.

After the loss of Jacob Miller, Inner Circle broke up, but in 1982 another album called Something So Good was released. In 1986 Ian and Roger Lewis reestablished Inner Circle with the singer Carlton Coffie, and the band experienced a comeback with the album Black Roses.

In 1989, Inner Circle released the song “Bad Boys.” Since then, the band calls itself “The Bad Boys of Reggae”. They had another big hit with the 1993 song “Sweat (A La La La La Long).”

The lead singer Carlton Coffie was ill for a long period in 1995 and decided after his recuperation to start a solo career. The current singer Kris Bentley took his place.
Share this artist:

Top Albums

  • Bad Boys
    Inner Circle Play
    Buy
  • Bad To The Bone
    Inner Circle Play
    Buy
  • Greatest Hits
    Inner Circle Play
    Buy
  • Blazzin' Fire
    Inner Circle Play
    Buy
See more

Top Tracks

1
920
2
532
3
306
4
234
5
211
6
75
7  
67
8  
56
9  
34
9
34
11
28
12
27
13  
26
13  
26
15
25
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 97 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

News

Inner Circle World Tour 2012

1 Mar 2012 | from www.innercircle-reggae.com

No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Amazon plugin. Related posts: Inner Circle World Tour Pt.1 & Pt. 2 ... Inner Circle Releases New World Tour Dates: Austria, Colorado, Spain & More …

Add comment

See more

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels

Email Newsletter

Universal Music Group Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Inner Circle from Universal Music.