Pat Kelly (musician)
Horatious Adolphus "Pat" Kelly (6 August 1944 – 16 July 2019) was a prolific, influential Jamaican
rocksteady and
reggae singer and innovative, groundbreaking sound engineer working with
King Tubby,
Bunny Lee and
Scientist (musician), whose career began in the mid-1960s. He recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the vocal group
the Techniques.
Slim Smith, who had been the lead vocalist in the band, left The Techniques in 1966 to be replaced by Pat Kelly. The shift from
ska to
rocksteady suited The Techniques, with a string of hits in 1967 and 1968 notably "You Don't Care" and "Queen Majesty", tunes which were versioned by
Big Youth,
Tony Tuff,
Duke Reid,
Tommy McCook,
Sonia Pottinger's ''High Note'' label with
The Revolutionaries,
Ronnie Davis,
The Itals,
Cornell Campbell and many more
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