Glen Adams

Glen Adams ( 27 November 1945 – 17 December 2010) was a Jamaican musician, composer, arranger, engineer, producer, based since the mid-1970s in Brooklyn, New York City.

Career 1950s to 1960s Adams' mother was from Kingston and his father from St. Vincent; the two met while working in Curaçao. Adams' first break in the music business came as a teenager, when he appeared as a singer in a vocal group on Radio Jamaica's Opportunity Knocks show hosted by Vere Johns. Later performing on the same show as a solo singer which led to appearances on cabaret shows and performances in Kingston and St. Andrews at weekends. Adams' older sister Yvonne was also a popular singer and he was spotted by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd while rehearsing a song that she had written called "Wonder Thirst". Coxsone took him into the Federal Recording Studio to record the track in 1960.

1970s Perry and The Upsetters toured the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of Perry's hit "Return of Django" (and the less successful follow-up, "Live Injection"); returning to Jamaica in 1970. As part of The Upsetters, Adams backed The Wailers during their spell with Perry and Adams did much of the arranging and composed the song "Mr. Brown".

Glen Adams Affair In 1980, Adams was leading his New York-based Glen Adams Affair. Brian Chin of Record World described the female vocal chanting on one of their songs "Just a Groove" as being similar to the female vocals of the group Skyy. They had success in the UK with "Just a Groove (Remix)" which peaked at no. 11 on the Record Mirror UK Disco chart on 3 January 1981.

In 1984, a record "Saturday Night" which was credited to Glen Adams Affair featuring T. Ski Valley was released on Nunk 1008. In the UK it was released on Master Mix 12CHE 8409. Debuting on the Record Mirror Disco chart at no. 79 on 10 November, it peaked three weeks later at no. 63 on 24 November.

Further activities Adams co-wrote and co-produced T Ski Valley's single "Valley Style" which was released on Capo 764 in 1983. It became a hit on the Record Mirror UK Disco 85 chart, peaking at no. 38 on 27 August. It spent a total of six weeks in the chart..

1990s to 2010s Adams worked with Shaggy on his early recordings and remixed and re-voiced an album of partly Upsetters material in 1996, released by Heartbeat Records as Upsetters a Go Go.

Discography Singles (non-comprehensive) "Far Away", 1967 "Grab A Girl", 1968 "Hey There Lonely Girl", 1968 "Hold Down Miss Winey" "I Can't Help It", 1968 "I Remember", 1967 "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", 1968 "My Argument", 1968 "Run Come Dance", 1968 "I'm Shocking, I'm Electric (She)", 1967 "She's So Fine (I've Got A Girl)", 1968 "Silent Lover", 1967 "Taking Over Orange Street", 1968

Albums Upsetters – Blackboard Jungle Dub Glen Adams – Wonderthirst [1963–73] (LP) Landmark