Band Name: Jackie Opel
Music Album: Cry Me A River
Album Release Date: April 1997
Music Genre: Reggae Funk / Soul Rhythm & Blues Ska
Record Label: Studio One
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 13 Tracks CD Album Reissue
Legendary ska vocalist born in 1938 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie was discovered by Byron Lee and moved to Jamaica where he joined The Skatalites and recorded many solo tracks for labels such as Studio One, Coxsone Records and Top Deck Records.
A diverse vocalist, Jackie has recorded in many vocal styles including ska, R&B, soul, gospel, and calypso. He is also credited as inventing the musical style of spouge (a combination of ska, calypso and more traditional rock n roll and religious styles popular in the UK & US).
Opel eventually moved to Trinidad and then back to Barbados where, in 1970, he died in a car crash in his home town of Bridgetown.
| 1 | Cry Me A River | 3:08 |
| 2 | Try Me | 2:57 |
| 3 | Wipe These Tears | 4:11 |
| 4 | Till The End Of Time | 2:52 |
| 5 | I Am Free | 2:27 |
| 6 | Don't Let Me Die | 2:48 |
| 7 | Shelter The Storm | 3:21 |
| 8 | My Prayer | 3:54 |
| 9 | Forever | 2:52 |
| 10 | Eternal Love | 3:16 |
| 11 | My Sweet Lover | 3:03 |
| 12 | One More Chance | 3:03 |
| 13 | Say Say Buisness | 2:34 |
originally recorded in Jamaica 1969 at Studio One.
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