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    Published: Tuesday | February 10, 2009



    Johnny Nash
    BRITISH MEDIA created a buzz last week when it reported that troubled singer Amy Winehouse was considering coming to Jamaica to record her third album.
    Winehouse, a five-time Grammy Award winner, is known for her retro soul sound and beehive hairstyle. She has stated her love for Jamaican music and prior to her Grammy success last year, hinted at visiting the country to record.
    The 25 year-old Winehouse has become a tabloid darling, largely due to her hard partying and heroin addiction. She spent much of 2008 chilling in the Eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia, and getting away from the glare of London's paparazzi.
    Big names
    Winehouse is the latest in a long line of celebrities linked to Jamaica. Here are some of the big names who lived or have worked in the country.
    Ian Fleming: The creator of super-sleuth [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]James [COLOR=orange! important]Bond[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] left cold Britain for his getaway at Firefly in Oracabessa, St Mary whenever the writing bug bit him. He entertained big names there including British playwright/humourist Noel Coward.
    Errol Flynn: Australian-born Flynn lived in Port Antonio for over a decade. According to popular lore, the star of films like The Adventures of [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Robin [COLOR=orange! important]Hood[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and Captain Blood, discovered the seaside town when his boat washed ashore there during a storm in 1948. He and his wife Patrice Wymore got involved in Port Antonio's activities, including the annual marlin tournament. She still lives there on the couple's farm.
    Johnny Nash: The Texas-born singer and his [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]manager[/COLOR][/COLOR] Danny Sims moved to Jamaica during the early 1960s, working with local talent such as The Wailers and [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Byron [COLOR=orange! important]Lee[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and The Dragonaires. They lived in Russell Heights, St Andrew; Nash recorded several [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Bob [COLOR=orange! important]Marley[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] songs including Stir it Up and Guava Jelly and had a massive hit with the reggae-styled number, I Can See Clearly Now.
    Roberta Flack: North Carolina-born Flack was a regular visitor to Jamaica in the early 1970s, staying in Stony Hill, St Andrew and hanging out with Bob Marley and his crew. She cut several reggae-based songs during that period.
    Calvin Lockhart: The Bahamas-born actor was a big name in black films in the 1970s when he split his time between Los Angeles and St Mary. Lockhart was popular with Jamaican movie-goers through his appearances in the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier comedies Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again. He also starred in the Jamaican flop, Marijuana Affair.
    Larry Graham: Best known to Jamaicans as the man who sang the hit song, One In a Million You, Graham was a big name in the United States as creator of the slap bass sound while he was a member of Sly Stone's band. For several years, Graham lived quietly in Montego Bay.
    Johnny Cash: The American country music legend called Montego Bay home for years. He, his wife June and their family moved to the tourist area in the early 1970s and lived at Cinnamon Hill, next to the historic Rose Hall estate.

    Johnny Cash

    Errol Flynn
    • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

  • #2
    The writing duo of Gamble and Huff (wrote a lot of Teddy P, OJays hit songs) did a lot of thier best writing in Jamaica.

    I even heard one of them on the radio recently saying that it was during a power cut in Jamaica when they had to get some candles that they got the idea for Teddys "Turn off the Lights" hit.
    "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Assasin View Post

      Published: Tuesday | February 10, 2009



      Johnny Nash
      BRITISH MEDIA created a buzz last week when it reported that troubled singer Amy Winehouse was considering coming to Jamaica to record her third album.
      Winehouse, a five-time Grammy Award winner, is known for her retro soul sound and beehive hairstyle. She has stated her love for Jamaican music and prior to her Grammy success last year, hinted at visiting the country to record.
      The 25 year-old Winehouse has become a tabloid darling, largely due to her hard partying and heroin addiction. She spent much of 2008 chilling in the Eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia, and getting away from the glare of London's paparazzi.
      Big names
      Winehouse is the latest in a long line of celebrities linked to Jamaica. Here are some of the big names who lived or have worked in the country.
      Ian Fleming: The creator of super-sleuth [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]James [COLOR=orange! important]Bond[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] left cold Britain for his getaway at Firefly in Oracabessa, St Mary whenever the writing bug bit him. He entertained big names there including British playwright/humourist Noel Coward.
      Errol Flynn: Australian-born Flynn lived in Port Antonio for over a decade. According to popular lore, the star of films like The Adventures of [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Robin [COLOR=orange! important]Hood[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and Captain Blood, discovered the seaside town when his boat washed ashore there during a storm in 1948. He and his wife Patrice Wymore got involved in Port Antonio's activities, including the annual marlin tournament. She still lives there on the couple's farm.
      Johnny Nash: The Texas-born singer and his [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]manager[/COLOR][/COLOR] Danny Sims moved to Jamaica during the early 1960s, working with local talent such as The Wailers and [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Byron [COLOR=orange! important]Lee[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and The Dragonaires. They lived in Russell Heights, St Andrew; Nash recorded several [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Bob [COLOR=orange! important]Marley[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] songs including Stir it Up and Guava Jelly and had a massive hit with the reggae-styled number, I Can See Clearly Now.
      Roberta Flack: North Carolina-born Flack was a regular visitor to Jamaica in the early 1970s, staying in Stony Hill, St Andrew and hanging out with Bob Marley and his crew. She cut several reggae-based songs during that period.
      Calvin Lockhart: The Bahamas-born actor was a big name in black films in the 1970s when he split his time between Los Angeles and St Mary. Lockhart was popular with Jamaican movie-goers through his appearances in the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier comedies Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again. He also starred in the Jamaican flop, Marijuana Affair.
      Larry Graham: Best known to Jamaicans as the man who sang the hit song, One In a Million You, Graham was a big name in the United States as creator of the slap bass sound while he was a member of Sly Stone's band. For several years, Graham lived quietly in Montego Bay.
      Johnny Cash: The American country music legend called Montego Bay home for years. He, his wife June and their family moved to the tourist area in the early 1970s and lived at Cinnamon Hill, next to the historic Rose Hall estate.

      Johnny Cash

      Errol Flynn
      Errol's hair looking a bit nappy

      P.S. The come here for the weather the music and the weed. And two of di above unnuh gi a fight. What a ting.

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      • #4
        wrong! coward owned firefly.....fleming owned goldeneye and that is NOT errol flynn...that is calvin lockart

        Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Gamma View Post
          wrong! coward owned firefly.....fleming owned goldeneye and that is NOT errol flynn...that is calvin lockart



          What was the name of Errol Flynn's digs?
          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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          • #6
            Sex Tourism - Fat white women come here for sex with Rent-A-Dread black men.
            Last edited by Hortical; February 10, 2009, 06:43 PM.
            Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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            • #7
              Looking A BIT nappy ?? de man look like him just step off de boat from Ethiopia!
              Peter R

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              • #8
                Nice Info

                Originally posted by Islandman View Post
                The writing duo of Gamble and Huff (wrote a lot of Teddy P, OJays hit songs) did a lot of thier best writing in Jamaica.

                I even heard one of them on the radio recently saying that it was during a power cut in Jamaica when they had to get some candles that they got the idea for Teddys "Turn off the Lights" hit.
                Believe it or not, I never knew this! Very interesting bit of info, Islandman!

                Originally posted by Bricktop
                Errol's hair looking a bit nappy
                (LOL) Damn, you are funny, Bricktop!

                Originally posted by Gamma
                wrong! coward owned firefly.....fleming owned goldeneye and that is NOT errol flynn...that is calvin lockart
                Gamma, thanks for pointing out the errors in that article. This is really laid-back, disappointing research from that Daily Gleaner journalist, whose editor is clearly useless!

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                • #9
                  navy island

                  Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                  • #10
                    thom bell another prolific song writer from the philly years was born in jamaica

                    Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                    • #11
                      Yuh deh pon pint!

                      http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/glean...business4.html
                      "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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                      • #12
                        Thom Bell

                        Originally posted by Gamma View Post
                        thom bell another prolific song writer from the philly years was born in jamaica
                        ....Although Bell's connection with Jamaica is extremely limited, as he left the island as a baby. But your central point is still valid.

                        Bell certainly wrote some outstanding R&B songs, especially during the 1970s, for acclaimed groups like the Spinners, the Stylistics, etc. Certainly he ranks as one of the great modern record industry songwriters!

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                        • #13
                          Ian Fleming lived in GoldenEye, Oracabessa/GoldenHead. Noel Coward lived at Firefly. Chris Blackwell now owns bothe proerties. His mother was Fleming's girlfriend.

                          Dem get it wrong.

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                          • #14
                            Nuh Lou Gosset Junior and his Jakan girlfriend own Navy island now?

                            Errol Flynn used to palaver all over. He was known to frequent rum bar all in Spanish Town to blurtneet.

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                            • #15
                              Flynn is the miggle pickcha!

                              Unno figget that Sade used to live in MoBay tell she tell the traffic cop badwud???

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