Floyd Lloyd
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Floyd Lloyd | |
---|---|
Birth name | Lloyd Seivright |
Born | 3 June 1948 |
Origin | Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica |
Died | 6 November 2018 | (aged 70)
Genres | Reggae |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Floyd Lloyd (born Lloyd Seivright, 3 June 1948, in St. Ann, Jamaica – 6 November 2018)[1] was a Jamaican reggae musician and singer who is best known for his 1982 hit, "Jah Jah Why?".
His first vocals were Wirl Studio recordings Rich Man Poor Man and Be Yourself in 1967.
He died on 6 November 2018 at the age of 70.[2]
Discography
- Better To Laugh Than To Cry (1982)
- Tear It Up: The Ska Album (1997)
- Our World (1998)
- Alchemy (2001)
- Believer (2002)
- Mind Over Matter (2004)
References
- ^ "Artist Biography", AllMusic, Retrieved 28 July 2014
- ^ "Reggae Ska Singer Floyd Lloyd Dead At 70". Urban Islandz. November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Use mdy dates from April 2014
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- 1948 births
- 2018 deaths
- Jamaican reggae musicians
- People from Saint Ann Parish
- 20th-century Jamaican male singers
- 21st-century Jamaican male singers
- All stub articles
- Reggae stubs
- Caribbean musician stubs
- Jamaican people stubs