The Paragons

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The Paragons were a

vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt.[1]

Career

The Paragons were originally Garth "Tyrone" Evans, songwriter Bob Andy, Junior Menz, and Leroy Stamp. In 1964 Stamp was replaced by singer and songwriter John Holt, and Howard Barrett replaced Menz.[1]

The early Paragons sound used the vocal harmonies of Jamaican groups of the early 1960s. Beginning in 1964, they recorded on the Treasure Isle record label with record producer Duke Reid, songs such as "Memories by the Score", "On the Beach", "Only a Smile" and "Wear You to the Ball", which were later covered by UB40, Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Massive Attack, and others. Other recordings included "Man Next Door" aka "Quiet Place"/"I've Got to Get Away" (1968) and "Happy Go Lucky Girl".[1][2]

The Paragons'

UK Singles Chart in 2002.[4]

Holt left to pursue a successful solo career in 1970. Following Holt's departure, the group recorded briefly with female vocalist Roslyn Sweat as Roslyn Sweat & The Paragons and The Paragons (featuring Roslyn Sweat). Evans too, recording as Tyrone Evans and as Don Evans, enjoyed an albeit less notable solo career, making several recordings while with The Paragons and after the group disbanded.

The group reformed in the late 1970s and released further albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Evans died in 2000, and Holt in October 2014.[5] Andy died in 2020.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

Contributing artist

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Biography by John Dougan". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. ISBN 978-1-56639-629-5
    , p. 41.
  3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  4. ^ Roberts (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). p. 33.
  5. ^ Campbell-Evans, Cecelia (2014) "Time heals all (Paragons) wounds", Jamaica Observer, 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014
  6. ^ "Reggae icon Bob Andy has died | Loop Jamaica". Loop News.

External links

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