Papa Winnie

Papa Winnie (birth name Carlisle Winston Peters) is a reggae musician from St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. As of 1997 he had sold over 200,000 albums in Latin America and Asia. He is famous in Italy following a 1989 performance of the song "You Are My Sunshine".

His recordings often make mention of Rootsie and Boopsie, first named in his song of the same title from 1987. In an interview on Italian TV, he said that "Rootsie" and "Boopsie" were nicknames for the two children he just had from his recently married Italian girlfriend, but he gave no further information about the children's real names.

In 1993, Papa Winnie visited Brazil but he had no band to play shows with him. He immediately picked four people: Nelson Meirelles, Marcelo Lobato, Alexandre Menezes and Marcelo Yuka as the band. After Papa Winnie's shows, the four decided to stay together picking Falcão as the fifth member and vocalist. (O Rappa)

In 1995, Papa Winnie recorded the Ray Charles classic "I Can't Stop Loving You" rated as one of the better visual videos of the year.

Discography Albums 1989 – One Blood One Love (Epic) 1989 – Rootsie & Boopsie (Epic) 1993 – You Are My Sunshine (MCA) 1996 – All of My Heart (MCA)

Singles 1988 – April the Sweetest Girls 1989 – Rootsie & Boopsie 1990 – A 1990 – Brothers and Sisters 1990 – Get Up 1993 – Please Stay 1993 – Someday, New Day 1994 – I Can't Stop Loving You 1996 – All of My Heart 2003 – Money Problems