Yellowman

By the mid-1990s, though, Yellowman released socially conscious material, rising to international fame as part of a popularization led by singers like Buju Banton. In 2000 he played to his largest audience as a featured performer at the Closing Ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Violent and sexually explicit lyrics earned Yellowman some criticism in the mid-1980s, along with most of the rest of the ragga community. He ceased recording new music and concentrated on a second career as a radio disc jockey until the film Strictly Ballroom was released in 1992. Featuring a new version of Love Is In The Air the film was a success throughout the world, and Young's single once again peaked at number 2 on the Australian charts, and was a minor hit in the UK. His exaggerated sexual prowess, combined with his long-time social outcast status as an albino (who are denigrated in Jamaica), made Yellowman very popular. He turned to a more contemporary rock style in the 1980s and had his final Top 10 hit in Australia in 1983 with the single Soldier of Fortune. He was extremely popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of funky, sexy singles that established his reputation. Subsequent singles such as The Day That My Heart Caught Fire and Heaven Sent continued the disco style but did not find an audience.

Yellowman (born Winston Foster in 1956 or 1959) is a Jamaican dub, ragga and dancehall musician. Its successor, Love Is In The Air, became his only worldwide hit, peaking at #2 on the Australian charts, #7 in the US, and #5 in the UK. Photograph of Yellowman (http://www.reggaephotos.com/images/Yellowman_7-5-03/Yellowman_009.jpg). In 1978 he released a disco song titled Standing In The Rain which became a major hit throughout Europe. Yesterday's Hero also became a minor hit in the US. In addition to his Australian success, he achieved hit singles in Europe, Asia and South Africa.

Louis, The Love Game, Here We Go, Keep On Smiling, Where The Action Is, I Hate The Music and I Wanna Do It With You. A string of hits followed in Australia including Pasadena (co-written by Young, Vanda and British actor David Hemming), Yesterday's Hero, St. When songwriters and record producers Harry Vanda and George Young returned to Australia, they took over as Young's producers and began writing and producing songs for him. After being signed to a contract with Albert Productions, (the company that had produced Australia's top Sixties group The Easybeats) he recorded a couple of unsuccessful singles produced by visiting producer-manager Simon Napier-Bell.