Beverley Kelso (born April 1948)
, ''Jamaica Gleaner
''The Gleaner'' is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. Originally called the ''Daily Gleaner'', the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to ' ...
'', 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014 is a
Jamaican singer best known as an early member of
The Wailers.
Born in
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 ...
, she attended Miss Nembhard Preparatory School and Denham Town Primary School in Kingston.
She was a backing
vocalist, and one of the founding members of
The Wailers (between 1963 and 1965). According to Kelso, she sang on 25 tracks by the group, the last in late 1965.
Kelso emigrated to the United States in 1979.
[Walters, Basil (2012)]
Kelso says It Hurts To Be Alone
, ''Jamaica Observer
''Jamaica Observer'' is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication is owned by Butch Stewart, who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, ''The Gleaner''. Its founding editor i ...
'', 5 August 2012, retrieved 6 August 2012
The deaths of
Junior Braithwaite
Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite (4 April 1949 – 2 June 1999) was a reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica and the youngest member of the vocal group, The Wailing Wailers.
Early career
The Wailing Wailers was a vocal group Bob ...
in 1999, of
Cherry Smith
Cherry Smith (born Ermine Ortense Bramwell, 22 August 1943 – 24 September 2008) was a backing vocalist for the original Wailers from 1963 to 1966. She was also called Cherry Green (her half-brother Carlton had that surname).
Early beginnin ...
in 2008, and of
Bunny Wailer in 2021 have left Kelso as the only surviving founding member of the Wailers.
In 2012 she stated that she was planning to write a book about her time in The Wailers.
She now lives in
Brooklyn, New York.
References
1948 births
Living people
Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica
20th-century Jamaican women singers
The Wailers members
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