Hugh Mundell

Hugh Mundell (14 June 1962 – 14 October 1983) was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter.

Biography

Mundell was born the fourth child and only boy to Theresa and Alvin Mundell. Alvin Mundell was a successful lawyer. Hugh attended St. Margaret's Preparatory School, Kingsway Preparatory School and the Ardenne High School before pursuing a career in music. Most thought that Mundell would become an athlete because he was known to be a competitive runner and routinely participated in street running races with other neighbourhood youth. Mundell grew up just houses away from three other youth who would also go on to become reggae singers: Winston McAnuff, Earl Sixteen Daley, and Yabby You protogé Wayne Wade. Mundell was introduced to reggae by reggae performer and producer Boris Gardiner who was a friend of the family. Mundell was at Joe Gibbs' studio the day that Winston McAnuff recorded the song "Malcolm X." Joe Gibbs offers Mundell the opportunity to record and they lay down a track titled "Where Is Natty Dread?" The track is never pressed to vinyl. It is at Gibbs' studio that he meets dub maestro Augustus Pablo. Mundell explains in his November 1980 interview with Sounds magazine's Edwin Pouncey:

My Mind

As I sat down thinking for a while
my mind spread a thousand miles
thinking about the sunshine
that dry my clothes on the line
Thinking about the rain
that spilled better on my window pane
and the sinfull people
who come a long way in vain
My mind keeps going on, on and on and on
as I sing my little song
thinking bout my girl who has left me and gone (x2)
As I sat down thinking for a while
my mind spread a thousand miles
thinking about the sunshine
that dry my clothes on the line
Thinking about the rain
that spilled better on my window pane
and the sinfull people,who come a long way in vain
My mind keeps going on, on and on and on
as I sing my little song
thinking bout my girl who has left me and gone
music solo
Thinking bout my mother and my father too
thinkign bout my sisters and my brothers too
thinking bout my life and my future while
My mind keeps going on, on and on and on
as I sing my little song
thinking bout my girl who has left me and gone
My mind straight on and on, on and on and on

Hugh Mundell

Biography

Hugh Mundell

ALBUMS

Jah Fire

Africa Must Be Free by 1983

The Blessed Youth

Africa Must Be Free By 1983/Africa Dub

Mundell

Time and Place

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My Mind