Derrick Morgan – The SKA Man. Singer/Songwriter – Veteran Jamaican Singer – Real Authentic Music

Derrick Morgan (born 27th March 1940 in Mocho, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a popular Jamaican musical artist. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the Blues and Ska genres, and he also performed Rocksteady and skinhead reggae. In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent show held at the Palace Theatre in Kingston. He won with rousing impressions of Little Richard and, shortly after that, was recruited to perform around the island with the popular Jamaican comedy team Bim and Bam. In 1959, Derrick Morgan entered the recording studio for the first time. Duke Reid, the acclaimed sound system boss, was looking for talent to record for his Treasure Isle record label. Derrick Morgan cut two popular shuffle-boogie sides ‘Lover Boy’, a.k.a. ‘S-Corner Rock’, and ‘Oh My’. Soon after, Derrick Morgan cut the bolero-tinged boogie ‘Fat Man’, which also became a hit. He also found time to record for Coxsone Dodd. In 1960 Derrick Morgan became the only artist ever to fill the places from one to seven on the Jamaican pop chart simultaneously. Among those hits were ‘Don’t Call Me Daddy’, ‘In My Heart’, ‘Be Still’, and ‘Meekly Wait and Murmur Not’. But it was the following year that Derrick Morgan released the biggest hit of his career, the Leslie Kong production of ‘Don’t You Know’, later re-titled ‘Housewives’ Choice’ by a local DJ.

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