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He was born 1946 in May Pen in Clarendon, but left Jamaica in 1965 at the age of 19 and traveled to the United States to become a musician.
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Denroy Morgan
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He was part of the formation the Black Eagles, a New York City reggae band in the 1970s, before launching a prosperous solo career in the 1980s onwards. Denroy had started in the 1970s and created the Black Eagles, a reggae band in New York City in 1974 with Devon "Igo Levi" Foster and Llewellyn "Jah T" Breadwood. In 1981, Morgan had his most successful release with "I"ll Do Anything Foreign You," which featured musical backing from the Black Eagles and peaked at number nine on the American soul chart.
"I"ll Do Anything Foreign You" also peaked at number seven on the dance charts.
These successes helped to launch his solo reggae career. Denroy Morgan found success in the States in 1981 with the release of his I"ll Do Anything for You album, when the title track became a big Rhythm & Blues and Dance hit.
In the realm of reggae, however, Morgan"s peak period was when he signed in 1984 with Radio Corporation of America Records. That deal led to the release of the reggae album Make My Day and marked him as the first reggae artist to be signed to Radio Corporation of America Records.
In March 2014 he announced that he was working on a new album, Half North Half, featuring cover versions of Bob Marley songs and excerpts from speeches by Haile Selassie, as well as working on an updated version of his memoirs, Confession Aloud.
Otiyah Morgan known as Laza Morgan is also a solo act with singles like "This Girl" and "One by One" the latter featuring Mavado. Other famous collaborations include being featured in Alexandra Burke"s hit "Start Without You" and in Kristina Maria release "Company-Pilot"
Roy Morgan known as Gramps Morgan, in addition to being of Morgan Heritage, is also a successful solo act with two albums Two Sides of My Heart and Reggae Music Lives and was featured in India.Arie hit song "Therapy". Roy "Gramps" Morgan"s son Jemere Morgan has also launched a solo music career.
His debut single "First Kiss" was released in August 2011.
