Ray "Pablo" Falconer was an English

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

producer from

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, England, active in the 1970s and 1980s. Brother to

Earl Falconer UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the ...

from

UB40 UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the ...

, Falconer produced many

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

and

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

s for that band. Falconer died in a car crash in Birmingham in 1987. Earl Falconer, who was driving, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, for drunk driving, in June 1988.

Discography (partial)

*UB40 - "

Red Red Wine "Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967 that appears on his second studio album, '' Just for You''. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a person who finds that drinki ...

", 20 August 1983 *UB40 - ''

Labour of Love ''Labour of Love'' is the fourth studio album by British reggae band UB40, and their first album of cover versions. Released in the UK on 12 September 1983, the album is best known for containing the song " Red Red Wine", a worldwide number-one ...

'' LP, 24 September 1983 *UB40 - "Please Don't Make Me Cry", 15 October 1983 *UB40 and Chrissie Hynde - "

I Got You Babe "I Got You Babe" is a song performed by Sonny & Cher and written by Sonny Bono. It was the first single taken from their debut studio album ''Look at Us''. In August 1965, their single spent three weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...

", 3 August 1985 *UB40 - ''

Baggariddim ''Baggariddim'', not to be confused with the EP ''Little Baggariddim'' released in the US, is the sixth album by UB40, released in 1985. Most of the tracks are reworkings of previous UB40 recordings that originally appeared on ''Labour of Love' ...

'' LP, 14 September 1985 *UB40 - "Don't Break My Heart", 26 October 1985 *UB40 - ''Live at Hammersmith''

References

External links

Ray 'Pablo' Falconer discography at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falconer, Pablo English reggae musicians 1987 deaths Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands Road incident deaths in England Year of birth missing