The Uniques
Biography
The first version of the Uniques formed in 1966 when two members of the Techniques, Slim Smith and Franklyn White, joined with Roy Shirley to create a new group. The original lineup recorded a few ska sides for J.J. Johnson that year before disbanding, only to reform again almost immediately, this time with a front line of Smith, Lloyd Charmers, and Jimmy Riley (and occasionally Cornel Campbell). The reconstituted Uniques had a brief run from 1967 to 1969, recording several vocal trio classics with producer Bunny Lee, including two impressive covers (Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth," tracked as "Watch This Sound," and Curtis Mayfield's "Gypsy Woman") as well as their signature song, the brilliant "My Conversation." Led by Smith's high and emotional tenor, the Uniques represented, by many accounts, the pinnacle of Jamaica's harmony trio genre. The group folded in 1969, with each member pursuing a solo career. Smith's tragic death in 1973 ended any possibility of the group reuniting. . The first version of the Uniques formed in 1966 when two members of the Techniques, Slim Smith and Franklyn White, joined with Roy Shirley to create a new group. The original lineup recorded a few ska sides for J.J. Johnson that year before disbanding, only to reform again almost immediately, this time with a front line of Smith, Lloyd Charmers, and Jimmy Riley (and occasionally Cornel Campbell). The reconstituted Uniques had a brief run from 1967 to 1969, recording several vocal trio classics with producer Bunny Lee, including two impressive covers (Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth," tracked as "Watch This Sound," and Curtis Mayfield's "Gypsy Woman") as well as their signature song, the brilliant "My Conversation." Led by Smith's high and emotional tenor, the Uniques represented, by many accounts, the pinnacle of Jamaica's harmony trio genre. The group folded in 1969, with each member pursuing a solo career. Smith's tragic death in 1973 ended any possibility of the group reuniting.
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1. | Please Come Home for Christmas | Doo Wop Christmas, Vol. 1 | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
2. | Please Come Home for Christmas | It's the Most Wonderful.. | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
3. | Please Come Home for Christmas | Have Yourself a Merry Littl.. | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
4. | Please Come Home for Christmas | Merry Christmas! 2 Hours of.. | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
5. | Merry Christmas Darling | Merry Christmas! 2 Hours of.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
6. | Please Come Home for Christmas | It's Beginning to Look .. | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
7. | Merry Christmas Darling (And a Happy.. | Golden Oldies Christmas Par.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
8. | Please Come Home for Christmas | Golden Oldies Christmas Par.. | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
9. | Merry Christmas Darling | Golden Oldies Christmas Par.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
10. | Merry Christmas Darling (And a Happy.. | Golden Oldies Christmas: Do.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
11. | Cradle Rock | Dolls of Doo Wop | 2:21 | $0.99 | |
12. | Rock 'N' Rudolph | Have a Rockabilly Christmas | 1:41 | $0.99 | |
13. | You Ain't Tuff (45 Version) | Time Won't Let Me - 60s.. | 2:22 | $0.69 | |
14. | My Conversation | Trojan: Rocksteady Collecti.. | 3:42 | $0.99 | |
15. | Watch This Sound (For What It's .. | Let's Do Rocksteady: Th.. | 2:32 | $0.99 | |
16. | My Conversation | Let's Do Rocksteady: Th.. | 3:27 | $0.99 | |
17. | Gypsy Woman | Let's Do Rocksteady: Th.. | 3:09 | $0.99 | |
18. | Not Too Long Ago | Greatest Groups of the 60s .. | 2:20 | $0.99 | |
19. | Come Marry Me | Doo Wop Buffet: Volume 1 | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
20. | Build My World | Uniques | 3:54 | $0.99 | |
21. | Let Me Go Girl | Uniques | 3:56 | $0.99 | |
22. | All I Took Was Love | Absolutely the Best | 2:01 | $0.99 | |
23. | I'll Do Anything | Absolutely the Best | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
24. | Every Now and Then (I Cry) | Absolutely the Best | 2:26 | $0.99 | |
25. | Good Bye So Long | Absolutely the Best | 2:42 | $0.99 | |