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Occupation(s)
  
Singer

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Barry Biggs


Years active
  
1960s–present

Instruments
  
Vocals

Genres
  
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Albums
  
Reggae Max, Sideshow: Best of Barry Biggs, The Vintage Series - Barry Biggs, Love Show

Similar People
  
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BARRY BIGGS SIDESHOW


Barry Biggs (born 1947, although some accounts list 1953; St. Andrew, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer, best known in the UK for his cover of the Blue Magic song, "Sideshow", which got to number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.

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Career

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Biggs worked as an recording engineer and cameraman with the Jamaican Broadcasting Company, and also spent time as a member of the band the Astronauts, before becoming the lead singer for Byron Lee's Dragonaires.

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It was at Lee's Dynamic Sounds studio (where he also worked as a producer and engineer) that Biggs recorded his first Jamaican hit, a cover of The Osmonds' "One Bad Apple". He broke through to international success in 1976 with "Work All Day", which had been recorded seven years earlier. Biggs had six hit singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1976 and 1981, the most successful of these, "Sideshow", reaching number 3 in January 1977. He recorded two songs with Bunny Lee; "Sincerely" and "You're Welcome" which did well in reggae charts. He topped the reggae chart in the UK with "Wide Awake in a Dream" and "A Promise is a Comfort to a Fool".

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Many of Biggs' recordings were reggae cover versions of popular soul hits, including songs such as Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour"; "Sideshow" and "Three Ring Circus" by Blue Magic; and others originally by The Chi-Lites, The Moonglows ("Sincerely"), and The Temptations ("Just My Imagination"). His version of "Love Come Down", originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King, was a top 5 hit in 1983 in The Netherlands. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Biggs avoided the political and Rasta themes then popular in Jamaica.

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Biggs continued to perform occasionally in the 2000s, notably at a 2008 service of thanksgiving for his former bandleader, Byron Lee.

Albums

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  • Mr. Biggs - (1976) - Dynamic Sounds (also issued in 1977 as Side Show)
  • Sincerely - (1977) - Dynamic Sounds
  • Wide Awake In A Dream - (1980) - Starlight
  • A Promise Is A Comfort To A Fool - (1982)
  • Barry Biggs & The Inner Circle - (1983) - Trojan
  • Coming Down With Love (1983) - Ariola
  • So In Love - (1989) - Starlight
  • Wide Awake - (1990) - Mango
  • Night Like This - (1994) - WEA
  • Love Come Down - (2000) - Wesgram Records
  • Compilations

  • Sideshow: The Best of Barry Biggs - (1995) - Jamaican Gold
  • Vintage Series: Barry Biggs - (2001) - VP
  • Just My Imagination - (2002) - Disky Records
  • Sideshow: The Very Best of Barry Biggs - (2002) - Music Club
  • Sideshow (The best of) - (2004) - Trojan
  • Reggae Max - (2007) - Jet Star
  • Chart singles

  • "Work All Day" (1976) UK #38
  • "Sideshow" (1976) UK #3
  • "You're My Life" (1977) UK #36
  • "Three Ring Circus" (1977) UK #22
  • "What's Your Sign Girl" (1979) UK #55
  • "Wide Awake In A Dream" (1981) UK #44
  • Hats (1981)
  • References

    Barry Biggs Wikipedia


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