Judy Mowatt

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One-third of the I-Threes, reggae’s most influential female vocal trio, Judy Mowatt helped to turn the last recordings of Bob Marley into enduring classics. Her sensuous harmonies strengthened albums by Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Big Youth, Pablo Moses, Freddie McGregor, U Roy, and the Wailing Souls. Her solo recordings, including Black Woman in 1980 and Only a Woman, two years later, marked her as a powerful spokesperson for Rastafarian and feminist causes. Mowatt initially attracted attention as lead singer of a vocal trio, the Gaylettes, also known as the Gaytones, that she formed with Beryl Lawrence and Merle Clemonson in 1967. Based on such Motown groups as the Supremes, the Marvelettes, and Gladys Knight and the Pipes, the Gaylettes harmonized on a rich mix of RB and Jamaican dance music. The trio remained together until 1970 when Lawrence and Clemonson immigrated to the United States and Mowatt embarked on a solo career, recording under a series of pseudonyms including Juliann. Mowatt’s greatest break came when vocalist Marcia Griffiths asked her to sing harmony on a track that she was recording at Studio One with her duo partner Bob Andy in 1974. Rita Marley, the wife of Bob Marley and the mother of Ziggy Marley, was also hired to sing on the tune. The three woman hit it off so well that Griffiths invited Mowatt and Marley to sing the Supremes tune “Remember Me” with her when she performed that night at the House of Chen in New Kingston. The appearance was so successful that they agreed to continue performing together as the I’Threes.

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  • Metal_tne_best

    макака!!!

    7 Jun 12:00pm Reply
  • Lord_Kur

    you've got to find the strength, I know you've got the will

    8 Dec 2011 Reply
  • pakogah

    I Shall Sing

    19 Jul 2011 Reply
  • jezus_jakub

    queen of rocksteady!

    18 Jun 2011 Reply
  • lazchanz

    JM is a very Beautiful soul - she sings with such passion, I feel her deeply.

    3 May 2010 Reply
  • SoulSouPreeM

    Her music is diff tho.. I like it a lil

    28 Mar 2010 Reply
  • roots-roy

    Love my sister judy mowatt ! may Jesus Bless her more + more !!!

    8 Jan 2010 Reply
  • ska5446was

    solo misica jamaiquina !!

    21 Jun 2009 Reply
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    26 May 2008 Reply