Little John

John McMorris (born March 30, 1965), better known as Little John, is a Jamaican dancehall musician best known for his 1980s recordings.

Biography

Born March 30, 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica, Little John was so called as he began performing and recording at the age of nine. He first recorded for Captain Sinbad's Youth in Progress label (including debut single "51 Storm"), and is regarded by some as the first dancehall singer, known for his ability to create lyrics over any backing track. Throughout the 1980s, he was backed by Roots Radics and Sly and Robbie, with frequent discomix vocal and dubwise production duties performed by protégé of King Tubby Hopeton Overton Brown, better known as Scientist (musician). After joining Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion organisation, he performed with sound systems such as Romantic Hi Fi, ( notably, also the name of Little John's own record label) Kilimanjaro, Gemini, and Henry "Junjo" Lawes' Volcano Hi Power. He recorded for many producers in the 1980s, notably for Lawes, Joseph Hoo Kim, George Phang, Jah Thomas and King Jammy, also gaining an audience amongst the followers of Jah Shaka sound system due to the popularity of the Dubplate discomix...

Read full biography on Wikipedia →