Biography

Although contemporary audiences may know his gorgeous trill from collaborations with Massive Attack in the 1990s, Horace Andy was a fixture on Jamaica's original reggae scene in the late '60s, recording with all the classic dub producers. His distinctively supple singing style influenced a generation of vocalists, even outside the scope of reggae. Many of his earliest recordings for Studio One, Trojan, and Wackies are now rarities, but thankfully much of his work--including his signature tune, "Skylarking," from 1972--has been anthologized many times over. As of the 2000s, Andy, relocated to the U.S., was still releasing original material.

Top Tracks

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• A Serious Thing

• Ain't No Sunshine

• Better Collie

• Come On And Tell Me

• Dread Pan Some [dread (dub)]

• Fever

• Guiding Star

• Horse With No Name

• I Feel Good All Over

• It Must Be A Dream [dreamin (dub)]

• John Saw Them Coming

• Just Say Who

• Love Of A Woman

• Mek It Bun

• Money, Money

• Mr. Wicked Man

• My Guiding Star

• My Heart Is Gone

• Natural Mystic

• Nice And Easy

• Night Nurse

• Prophesy

• Psalm 68

• Sky Larking

• Skylarking

• Someday [dub]

• You And I

• You Are My Angel

• You Rest On My Mind

• Zion Gate

Discography

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• Serious Times

  Groove Attack

  2010

• Exclusively

  Wackie's

  2005

• From the Roots: Horace Andy Meets Mad Professor

  Sanctuary / Ras/Sanctuary

  2004

• Mek It Bun

  Wrasse

  2003

• Living in the Flood

  Melankolic

  2000

• Roots and Branches

  Ariwa

  1997

• Seek + You Will Find

  Blakamix

  1996

• Life Is for Living

  Ariwa

  1995

• In the Light Dub

  Blood

  1995

• Sings for You & I

  Clocktower Records

  1995

• Pure Rankin

  Clocktower Records

  1995

• Rude Boy

  Shanachie Records / Shanachie

  1993

• Jah Shaka Meets Andy Horace

  1988

• Dance Hall Style

  Wackie's

  1983

• Natty Dread a Weh She Want

  Digital Distribution Slovenia / Trojan

  1978