Stanley Beckford [SEP] occupation
Stanley Beckford
Stanley Beckford (1942–2007) was a Jamaican born Mento singer, songwriter, and four time Jamaica Independence Festival song contest winner who recorded as a solo artist and with the bands The Starlights/Starlites, Stanley and the Turbines, and Stanley and the Astronauts.
Early life.
Beckford was born in the north-eastern Jamaican parish of Portland. His mother died during his infancy. At seven, following the death of his father, he was raised by his grandparents, between the west Kingston ghetto areas
Soldering (song)
"Soldering" is a song written by Ewart Beckford & Alvin Ranglin, and originally released by The Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford in 1975. Other artists who recorded it include Desmond Dekker, The Specials, and Hall & Oates. About a woman's choosiness, the title is a euphemism for copulation.
Originally a big hit in early 1975 for Jamaican Stanley Beckford under the name The Starlights (or The Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford), he is often not credited due to the lack of copyright in