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information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Manley Augustus Buchanan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-04-19</span>) </span>19 April 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston, Jamaica</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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<p><b>Manley Augustus Buchanan</b> (born 19 April 1949, <a href="/wiki/Trenchtown" title="Trenchtown">Trenchtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston</a>, Jamaica),<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> better known as <b>Big Youth</b> (sometimes called <b><a href="/wiki/Jah" title="Jah">Jah</a> Youth</b>), is a Jamaican <a href="/wiki/Toasting_(Jamaican_music)" title="Toasting (Jamaican music)">deejay</a>, mostly known for his work during the 1970s. </p><p>He commented, "Deejays were closest to the people because there wasn't any kind of establishment control on the sound systems".<sup id="cite_ref-Music_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Youth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Youth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before beginning his musical career, Buchanan worked as a diesel mechanic at Kingston's Sheraton Hotel, where he would develop his <a href="/wiki/Toasting_(Jamaican_music)" title="Toasting (Jamaican music)">toasting</a> skills while he worked, and was nicknamed "Big Youth" by his co-workers.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started to perform at dances, initially influenced by <a href="/wiki/U-Roy" title="U-Roy">U-Roy</a>, and became a regular with <a href="/wiki/Tippatone" title="Tippatone">Lord Tippertone's</a> <a href="/wiki/Sound_system_(Jamaican)" title="Sound system (Jamaican)">sound system</a> by 1970, becoming the resident deejay, and attracting the attention of Kingston's record producers.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His early 45 singles for producers such as Jimmy Radway ("The Best Big Youth"), <a href="/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry">Lee Perry</a> ("Moving Version") and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Pratt" title="Phil Pratt">Phil Pratt</a> ("Tell It Black") were artistically and commercially unsuccessful. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s_peak">1970s peak</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Youth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1970s peak"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1972 he had begun working with <a href="/wiki/Gussie_Clarke" title="Gussie Clarke">Augustus "Gussie" Clarke</a>, a teenage producer whose rhythms and singers were more in tune with the vibes on the streets of Kingston, and "The Killer" (on a version of <a href="/wiki/Horace_Andy" title="Horace Andy">Horace Andy</a>'s "Skylarking" rhythm) became his first major Jamaican hit record, soon followed by "Tippertone Rocking".<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, he released the successful "S-90 Skank", featuring a motorbike being revved in the studio, for <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hudson" title="Keith Hudson">Keith Hudson</a>'s Imbidmts label, versioning the producer's own "We Will Work It Out".<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became his first Jamaican number one hit,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also featured in a television advert for the Honda motorcycle that inspired it.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first album to feature his vocals, <i>Chi Chi Run</i> was produced by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Buster" title="Prince Buster">Prince Buster</a> in 1972. Distinctive musically, his half-sung style contrasting with his contemporaries, he was also visually distinctive, with his teeth inlaid with red, gold, and green jewels.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, he released his first album entitled <i>Screaming Target</i>, produced by Gussie Clarke.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is still considered as a classic of its genre, featuring rhythms from well-known hits by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Isaacs" title="Gregory Isaacs">Gregory Isaacs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Smart" title="Leroy Smart">Leroy Smart</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Parks" title="Lloyd Parks">Lloyd Parks</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barrow_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrow-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, he also notched up some achievements in the singles chart, having seven singles in the chart at one time, and having four singles remain in the top 20 for an entire year.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout 1974 and 1975, he continued to record for other producers, including <a href="/wiki/Glen_Brown" title="Glen Brown">Glen Brown</a> ("Dubble Attack"), <a href="/wiki/The_Abyssinians" title="The Abyssinians">The Abyssinians</a> ("I Pray Thee"/"Dreader than Dread"), <a href="/wiki/Yabby_You" title="Yabby You">Yabby You</a> ("Yabby Youth" – later known as "Lightning Flash (Weak Heart Drop)"), <a href="/wiki/Bunny_Wailer" title="Bunny Wailer">Bunny Wailer</a> ("Bide"/"Black on Black") and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Joe Gibbs</a> ("Medecine Doctor"). </p><p>His next LP, <i>Dread Locks Dread</i>, was released on Klik Records in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although ostensibly a Big Youth LP produced by "Prince" Tony Robinson, it in fact only featured six vocal tracks, two of which – "Marcus Garvey Dread" (originally "Mosia Garvey" on <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ruby_(record_producer)" title="Jack Ruby (record producer)">Jack Ruby</a>'s Fox label) and "Lightning Flash" had been released as singles for other producers. </p><p>By this time he had begun releasing his own self-produced recordings on the <a href="/wiki/Negus" title="Negus">Negusa</a> Nagast and Augustus Buchanan labels in Jamaica, sometimes buying <a href="/wiki/Riddim" title="Riddim">rhythms</a> from producers for whom he had worked, but latterly using his own musicians, usually the <a href="/wiki/Soul_Syndicate" title="Soul Syndicate">Soul Syndicate</a> band.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barrow_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrow-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of his singles, such as "Hot Stock", and "Battle of the Giants" (with U-Roy) were released on this imprint. His first self-produced LP was <i>Reggae Phenomenon</i> in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His self-productions continued with <i>Natty Cultural Dread</i> in 1976, followed later that year by <i>Hit the Road Jack</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He covered "Wake Up Everybody" and "What a World Needs Now" also.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was helpful, as new young DJs such as <a href="/wiki/Trinity_(musician)" title="Trinity (musician)">Trinity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood_(musician)" title="Clint Eastwood (musician)">Clint Eastwood</a> were appearing on the scene, and Big Youth's chanting style was becoming less fashionable. </p><p>He signed to <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records</a>' Frontline label in 1977, his first release on the label being the <i>Isaiah First Prophet of Old</i> album,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he also appeared in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Rockers_(1978_film)" title="Rockers (1978 film)">Rockers</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Virgin declined the chance to release his next three albums, however, and as the 1970s came to a close, Big Youth's popularity took a dip.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1982, events had combined to make reggae much less successful than it had been five years earlier. The rising tide of violence had driven many musicians and producers to leave Jamaica for the UK and US; reggae had not broken through to widespread commercial success, and, in the wake of <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a>'s death a lot of major labels either dropped their Jamaican artists or spent little on promoting them, and the music returned to its insular roots. "<a href="/wiki/Slackness_(Jamaican_music)" title="Slackness (Jamaican music)">Slackness</a>" (sexually explicit lyrics) became far more fashionable than cultural <a href="/wiki/Rastafari_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastafari movement">Rastafari movement</a>, and teenagers looked more towards the United States for their heroes. While his records continued to find a market, tunes like "Jah Jah Golden Jubilee", "<a href="/wiki/A_Luta_Continua" title="A Luta Continua">A Luta Continua</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">Chanting</a>" failed to capture the public imagination. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_onwards">1980s onwards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Youth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980s onwards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern digital rhythms were far from suited to Big Youth's style, and his forays into the studio became less frequent. His appearance at <a href="/wiki/Reggae_Sunsplash" title="Reggae Sunsplash">Reggae Sunsplash</a> in 1982 (he would appear another four times between 1983 and 1996) was well received, but his success during the 1980s was limited. His career revived in 1990, with the "<a href="/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">Chanting</a>" single, produced by <a href="/wiki/Niney_the_Observer" title="Niney the Observer">Winston "Niney" Holness</a>, and "Free <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>" on the protest album <i>One Man One Vote</i>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Yes, me come inna de music as Rasta, me a de original <a href="/wiki/Rastafari_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastafari movement">rastaman</a> who enter it.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Big Youth, Italy, 2001</cite></div></blockquote> <p>In the 2000s, Big Youth teamed up with modern dub producer <a href="/wiki/Twilight_Circus_Dub_Sound_System" title="Twilight Circus Dub Sound System">Twilight Circus</a> to record two notable singles 'Daniel in the Lions Den' and 'What We Need Is Love', in a style hearkening to the sound of Youth's vintage 1970s classics.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Youth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Youth_skankin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Big_Youth_skankin.jpg/220px-Big_Youth_skankin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Big_Youth_skankin.jpg/330px-Big_Youth_skankin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Big_Youth_skankin.jpg/440px-Big_Youth_skankin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a><figcaption>Big Youth performing in 2010.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Chi Chi Run</i> – Fab 1972 (feat. Big Youth on four out of eleven tracks)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Screaming_Target" title="Screaming Target">Screaming Target</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Trojan_Records" title="Trojan Records">Trojan</a> 1973</li> <li><i>Reggae Phenomenon</i> – Augustus Buchanen 1974</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreadlocks_Dread" title="Dreadlocks Dread">Dreadlocks Dread</a></i> – Klick 1975</li> <li>Cool Breeze – Ride Like Lightning – The Best of Big Youth 1972–1976</li> <li><i>Natty Cultural Dread</i> – <a href="/wiki/Trojan_Records" title="Trojan Records">Trojan</a> 1976</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hit_the_Road_Jack_(album)" title="Hit the Road Jack (album)">Hit the Road Jack</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Trojan_Records" title="Trojan Records">Trojan</a> 1976</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reggae_Gi_Dem_Dub" title="Reggae Gi Dem Dub">Reggae Gi Dem Dub</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Delita_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicola Delita Records">Nicola Delita</a> 1978</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_First_Prophet_of_Old" title="Isaiah First Prophet of Old">Isaiah First Prophet of Old</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Delita_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicola Delita Records">Nicola Delita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Records_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline Records (UK)">Caroline Records</a> 1978</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Progress_(Big_Youth)_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Progress (Big Youth) (album)">Progress</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Delita_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicola Delita Records">Nicola Delita</a> 1979</li> <li><i>Everyday Skank (The Best of Big Youth)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Trojan_Records" title="Trojan Records">Trojan</a> TRLS 189 1980</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rock_Holy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rock Holy (page does not exist)">Rock Holy</a></i> – Negusa Negast 1980</li> <li><i>Some Great Big Youth</i> – <a href="/wiki/Heartbeat_Records" title="Heartbeat Records">Heartbeat</a> 1981</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chanting_Dread_Inna_Fine_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style">Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Heartbeat_Records" title="Heartbeat Records">Heartbeat</a> 1982</li> <li><i>Live at Reggae Sunsplash</i> – Genes 1983</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Luta_Continua_(The_Struggle_Continue)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continue)">A Luta Continua</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Heartbeat_Records" title="Heartbeat Records">Heartbeat</a> 1985</li> <li><i>Manifestation</i> – <a href="/wiki/Heartbeat_Records" title="Heartbeat Records">Heartbeat</a> 1988</li> <li><i>Jamming in the House of Dread</i> – Danceteria 1991</li> <li><i>Higher Grounds</i> – JR, VP Records 1995</li> <li><i>Save the children</i> – Declic 1995</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Natty_Universal_Dread_1973%E2%80%931979" title="Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979">Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Blood_and_Fire_(record_label)" title="Blood and Fire (record label)">Blood & Fire</a> 2000</li> <li><i>Musicology</i> – <a href="/wiki/Steven_Stanley" title="Steven Stanley">Steven Stanley</a>'s studios (<a href="/wiki/Tuff_Gong" title="Tuff Gong">Tuff Gong</a>) 2006</li> <li><i>No Jestering</i>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=Strictly_Sensi_Music&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strictly Sensi Music (page does not exist)">Strictly Sensi Music</a> (with Sista Sensi) 2016</li> <li><i>Beyond The Blue</i> - <a href="/wiki/Jarring_Effects" title="Jarring Effects">Jarring Effects</a><i> (with <a href="/wiki/Brain_Damage_(dub_band)" title="Brain Damage (dub band)">Brain Damage</a>) 2021</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Youth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Continua</a></i> (1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hit_the_Road_Jack_(album)" title="Hit the Road Jack (album)">Hit the Road Jack</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chanting_Dread_Inna_Fine_Style" title="The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style">The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Natty_Universal_Dread_1973%E2%80%931979" title="Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979">Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" 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