The Gaylads
Advertisement
Advertisement
Top Related Artists
Biography
The Gaylads is a rocksteady / reggae vocal group formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963. Founded by former Winston & Bibby members Harris âB. B.â Seaton and Winston Delano Stewart plus Maurice Roberts, who would remain the only constant member throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. The Gayladsâ early singles included 1964âs âWhap Whap,â âCharley Marley,â and âChi Chi Budâ and 1965âs âBig Bamboo.â The group achieved a significant boost in popularity in 1966 once they began recording at Studio One with producer Clement âCoxsoneâ Dodd. Singles such as âStop Making Loveâ (1966), âGive a Helping Handâ (1966), and âLady with the Red Dressâ (1966) paved way for their 1967 album Soul Beat. The Gaylords collaborated with many influential Jamaican musicians â including Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, and Ken Parker â before working with producer Sonia Pottinger in 1968 and Leslie Kong in 1969 and achieving more success. However, Winston Delano Stewart left the group and emigrated to the US before the release of The Gayladsâ 1970 album Fire and Rain. When Harris âB. B.â Seaton was the second member to leave Jamaica, Maurice Roberts chose to continue with the group and brought in brothers Randell and Hopeton Thaxter to replace the two original members. After the release of the 1979 album Understanding (issued under the name The Gayladds), Maurice Roberts changed the name of the group to The Psalms and worked with artists such as Bunny Wailer. There were several Gaylads reunions by original members in the 1990s, but nothing permanent. The group was later revived in 2012 by B. B. Seaton, who performed with several new members. Maurice Roberts died at the age of 70 on August 14,2005. B. B. Seaton died at the age of 79 on March 4, 2024.
Read All
Read Less
Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Africa
- Only You by The Gaylads
- My Jamaican Girl
- Wha She Do Now aka Whey She Do Now
- Don't Try To Reach Me
- Joy In The Morning by The Gaylads
- Fire and Rain
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- Sock It to Me
- Something Is Wrong
- Soul Sister
- It's All In the Game
- There's a Fire
- Be Yours
- Someday I Will Be Free
- Secret Admirer
- Weh She Do Now
- Someday I Will Be Free
- Peace Love and Understanding
- People Crying
- Last Time
- Tell the Children the Truth
- Don't Listen to the Rumours
- That's What Love Will Do
