Barry Biggs

Jamaican reggae singer

Biggs worked as a recording engineer and cameraman with the Jamaican Broadcasting Company, and also spent time as a member of the band the Astronauts, before becoming the lead singer for Byron Lee's Dragonaires. It was at Lee's Dynamic Sounds studio (where he also worked as a producer and engineer) that Biggs recorded his first Jamaican hit, a cover of the Osmonds' "One Bad Apple". His version of "Love Come Down", originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King, was a top 10 hit in 1983 in the Netherlands. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Biggs avoided the political and Rasta themes then popular in Jamaica.

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications BEL NLD UK 1971 "One Bad Apple" ― ― ― 1972 "How Could I Let You Get Away" ― ― ― 1973 "I'm Stone in Love with You" ― ― ― 1975 "Lonely Girl" ― ― ― 1976 "You're Welcome" ― ― ― "Work All Day" ― ― 38 "Sideshow" ― 17 3 BPI: Silver 1977 "You're My Life" ― ― 36 "Three Ring Circus" ― ― 22 "Sincerely" ― ― ― 1978 "Give Me a Call" ― ― ― "Surely" ― ― ― 1979 "Too Much Heaven" ― ― ― "What's Your Sign Girl?" ― ― 55 1981 "Wide Awake in a Dream" ― ― 44 "Love on a Two Way Street" ― ― ― "Promise Is a Comfort to a Fool" ― ― ― "You're My Life" ― ― ― 1982 "This Is Good Life" ― ― ― "Break Your Promise" ― ― ― "Rain from the Sky" ― ― ― "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" ― ― ―1983 "One of the Poorest People" ― ― ― "Love Come Down" 23 7 ― "Reflections of My Life" (with Ruddy Thomas) ― 34 ― 1986 "All I Have to Do Is Dream" ― ― ― "Conversation" ― ― ― 1987 "If You Wanna Make Love" ― ― ― "Since You've Been Gone" ― ― ― 1988 "A Night Like This" ― ― ― 1994 "Time for Love" ― ― ― 1994 "True Love" ― ― ― "—" denotes releases that did not chart.