Barry Brown

Barry Brown (Kingston, March 6, 1957 — Kingston — 29 May 2004) was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, initially coming to prominence in the 1970s with his work with Bunny Lee, but remaining popular throughout his career.

Career Brown was one of a number of singers to find success in the 1970s under record producer Bunny Lee. After forming a short-lived group called The Aliens, with Rod Taylor and Johnny Lee, Brown went solo. One of the most successful artists of the early dancehall era, Brown worked with some of Jamaica's top producers of the time, including Linval Thompson, Winston "Niney The Observer" Holness, Sugar Minott and Coxsone Dodd, as well as releasing self-produced material.