Barry Biggs

Career Biggs worked as a recording engineer and cameraman with the Jamaican Broadcasting Company, and also spent time as a member of the band the Astronauts, before becoming the lead singer for Byron Lee's Dragonaires.

It was at Lee's Dynamic Sounds studio (where he also worked as a producer and engineer) that Biggs recorded his first Jamaican hit, a cover of the Osmonds' "One Bad Apple". His version of "Love Come Down", originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King, was a top 10 hit in 1983 in the Netherlands. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Biggs avoided the political and Rasta themes then popular in Jamaica.

Compilation albums Sideshow: The Best of Barry Biggs – (1995) – Jamaican Gold Vintage Series: Barry Biggs – (2001) – VP Just My Imagination – (2002) – Disky Records Sideshow: The Very Best of Barry Biggs – (2002) – Music Club Sideshow (The best of) – (2004) – Trojan Reggae Max – (2007) – Jet Star

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications BEL NLD UK 1971 "One Bad Apple" ― ― ― 1972 "How Could I Let You Get Away" ― ― ― 1973 "I'm Stone in Love with You" ― ― ― 1975 "Lonely Girl" ― ― ― 1976 "You're Welcome" ― ― ― "Work All Day" ― ― 38 "Sideshow" ― 17 3 BPI: Silver 1977 "You're My Life" ― ― 36 "Three Ring Circus" ― ― 22 "Sincerely" ― ― ― 1978 "Give Me a Call" ― ― ― "Surely" ― ― ― 1979 "Too Much Heaven" ― ― ― "What's Your Sign Girl?" ― ― 55 1981 "Wide Awake in a Dream" ― ― 44 "Love on a Two-Way Street" ― ― ― "Promise Is a Comfort to a Fool" ― ― ― "You're My Life" ― ― ― 1982 "This Is Good Life" ― ― ― "Break Your Promise" ― ― ― "Rain from the Sky" ― ― ― "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" ― ― ―1983 "One of the Poorest People" ― ― ― "Love Come Down" 23 7 ― "Reflections of My Life" (with Ruddy Thomas) ― 34 ― 1986 "All I Have to Do Is Dream" ― ― ― "Conversation" ― ― ― 1987 "If You Wanna Make Love" ― ― ― "Since You've Been Gone" ― ― ― 1988 "A Night Like This" ― ― ― 1994 "Time for Love" ― ― ― 1994 "True Love" ― ― ― "—" denotes releases that did not chart.