Daddy U Roy – King Of the DJs!

Few individuals have exerted a greater influence on the sound of Jamaican music than Ewart Beckford, the man more commonly known as U Roy.

In the early seventies, the pioneering DJ was a dominant force on the reggae scene, recording a series of classic 45s, primarily for Duke Reid‘s Treasure Isle Records operation.

His unique toasting style provided the blueprint for a host of imitators who rode the DJ wave that followed in his wake, with his work forever changing the sound of Jamaican music.

To  read more about U Roy‘s hugely influential career, while enjoying some of his most popular recordings, simply click here or on the Artists link at the top of the homepage, then scroll down the alphabetically-ordered list of names to the bottom until you reach ‘U Roy’.