The Gaylads
The Gaylads are a Jamaican vocal group. They were one of the top rocksteady vocal groups active in Jamaica between 1963 and 1973.
History
The group, formed in Kingston, originally consisted of singers Harris "B.B." Seaton, Winston Delano Stewart and Maurice Roberts; Seaton and Stewart had previously been successful as the duo Winston & Bibby. There would be several line-up changes throughout The Gaylads' ten-year history, with Maurice Roberts remaining the only constant member.
The Gaylads went on hiatus in 1964, with Seaton performing solo on the cabaret circuit, but they reformed in 1966. The group's early successes were with producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd at Studio One, and included "Lady in the Red Dress", "Stop Making Love", "You Should Never Do That", and "Don't Say No". Besides recording several hit records, The Gaylads also backed many influential musicians (including Ken Parker, Ken Boothe, and Delroy Wilson) on recordings. In 1968 they moved on to record for Sonia Pottinger and enjoyed further hit singles. They recorded for Leslie Kong in 1969, including the hit single "There's a Fire". Stewart left the group when he emigrated, and Kong's death dealt them a further blow, but they had further success recording for Rupie Edwards in the early 1970s. Seaton also emigrated, leaving Roberts as the only original member.
The Gaylads
ALBUMS
- Over the Rainbow's End: Best of the Gaylads 1968-1971 released: 1995
- Soul Beat released:
Over the Rainbow's End: Best of the Gaylads 1968-1971
Released 1995- Hard to Confess
- I Need Your Loving
- She Want It
- Joy in the Morning
- ABC Rocksteady
- Over the Rainbow's End
- Wha She Do Now
- Give It Up
- Room for Rent
- I Love the Reggay
- I Wear My Slanders
- You Had Your Chance
- There's a Fire
- Last Time
- That's What Love Will Do
- This Time I Won't Hurt You
- Young, Gifted, and Black
- Tell the Children the Truth
- Something Is Wrong Somewhere
- Soul Sister
- It's All in the Game
- Cold Lonely Night
- My Jamaican Girl
- People Crying
- Can't Hide the Feeling
- You Can't Get Away
The Clouds
I have been waiting on a response for days
There has been a complication
It seems your heart needed a break
From pumping the blood through your veins
And keeping the oxygen ok
I still see your face
Any day when I see your eyes in a bottle that was way too tall
I finished it to just see if we could talk
Now I am speaking with your ghost again
It’s Telling me that I don’t understand
Can we be friends in another lifetime
And I might pretend
That we are right now
Jumping feelings from a dying dream
I drank the poison from a black moon sleep
Then I saw you
I felt your kiss in a dream I had
I felt your skin in a monument
Then I went home to live a brand new life without you
And buried your face
Beneath the giant shadows of the clouds
And they will stay there under ground
But no matter what I do
I never will stop talking to you
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in
You said I always did
I never did get the last word in