Beverley Kelso
Beverley Kelso | |
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| Born | April 1948 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Ska |
| Years active | 1963–1965 |
| Labels | Studio One |
Beverley Kelso (born April 1948)The Wailers.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she attended Miss Nembhard Preparatory School and Denham Town Primary School in Kingston.[1]
She was a backing
The Wailers (between 1963 and 1965).[2] According to Kelso, she sang on 25 tracks by the group, the last in late 1965.[1]
Kelso emigrated to the United States in 1979.[3]
The deaths of Junior Braithwaite in 1999, of Cherry Smith in 2008, and of Bunny Wailer in 2021 have left Kelso as the only surviving founding member of the Wailers.[4]
In 2012 she stated that she was planning to write a book about her time in The Wailers.Brooklyn, New York.[1]
References
- ^ Jamaica Gleaner, 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014
- ISBN 0-275-98935-6.
- ^ a b Walters, Basil (2012) "Kelso says It Hurts To Be Alone Archived 19 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine", Jamaica Observer, 5 August 2012, retrieved 6 August 2012
- ^ "Original Wailer Junior Braithwaite Murdered In Jamaica". Yahoo! Music. 4 June 1999. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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