Owen George Anthony Silvera (born c.1956), better known as Ambelique, is a

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singer, primarily working in the

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genre.

Biography

Born in Waltham Park,

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

, Silvera began his career in the late 1960s, when he worked with

Derrick Harriott Derrick Clifton Harriott Order of Distinction, OD (born 10 February 1942) is a Jamaican singer and record producer. He was a member of the Jiving Juniors with Herman Sang before embarking on a solo career. He has produced sound recording and re ...

's 'Musical Chariot' sound system as a

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under the name Ramon the Mexican, also recording with Harriott's band The Crystallites on the album ''The Undertaker''.Ambelique Biography
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, retrieved 2012-06-03 He relocated to

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and joined Hugh Hendricks and the Buccaneers with whom he toured the United States. He continued to perform but supported himself working as a bank clerk in

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. He resumed his music career in 1989 and began a working relationship with

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, with whom he recorded a string of singles, achieving commercial success in the 1990s and beyond. In 2011, he contributed to the single "We'll Always Be There", in aid of the charity Food For The Poor, along with artist such as

J.C. Lodge J.C. Lodge, (born June Carol Lodge, 1 December 1958, London, England), is a British-Jamaican reggae singer, actress, fine artist and teacher. Her breakthrough hit "Someone Loves You Honey, Someone Loves You, Honey" became the best-selling singl ...

Dobby Dobson Highland Ralph Dobson OD (5 July 1942 – 21 July 2020) was a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer, nicknamed "The Loving Pauper" after one of his best known songs. Biography Dobson began singing while a student at Central Branch Sc ...

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, Hopeton Lindo,

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, and

The Melodians The Melodians are a rocksteady band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton.

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Artistes support Food For The Poor
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'', 13 April 2011, retrieved 2012-06-03

Discography

*''Sings the Classics'' (1997), VP *''Love's Got a Hold on Me'' (2000),

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*''Shower Me with Love'' (2002), Angella *''Special Attention'' (2003), Charm *''Missing You'' (2003), Jet Star *''Sharing the Night'' (2008), Cousins

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ambelique 1950s births Living people Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican reggae musicians 20th-century Jamaican male singers Lovers rock musicians Jamaican emigrants to the United States 21st-century Jamaican male singers VP Records artists