Jamaican singer Owen Gray was one of the first artists to get on record in the late 1950s in Jamaica and one of the first to top the charts when they were introduced back in 1959. He was also the very first Jamaican popular vocalist to release an album comprising R&B and pop rather than the island's earlier indigenous music mento or calypso. Owen Gray Sings was a landmark release in the history of Jamaican R&B and what became reggae and also in the history of Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell, who produced it in the days before Island Records existed. Jamaican popular music didn't really have a name in these times, but in the UK it became known as Blue Beat after the record label on which so much of it was released between 1960 and 1967..............
1. I FEEL GOOD 2. SOMEONE HELP ME 3. FAR LOVE - Owen Gray and the Caribs 4. THE PLEA - Owen Gray featuring Ernest Ranglin 5. MASH IT (Parts 1 & 2) - Owen Gray and the Caribs 6. LET ME GO FREE 7. IN MY DREAMS 8. PLEASE LET ME GO - Owen Gray and the Caribs 9. I'M GOING BACK 10. JENNY LEE - Owen Gray featuring Ernest Ranglin 11. FAREWELL 12. CUTEST LITTLE WOMAN - Owen Gray with Kenneth Richards and his Band 13. RUNNING AROUND - Owen Gray with Kenneth Richards and his Band 14. SINNERS WEEP - Owen Gray with Hersan and his City Slickers 15. GET DRUNK - Owen Gray with Hersan and his City Slickers 16. ROCKING IN MY FEET - Owen Gray with the Jets 17. NOBODY ELSE - Owen Gray with the Jets 18. MILLIE GIRL - Owen Gray with Buster's Group 19. ON THE BEACH - Owen Gray with the Coxsonairs 20. YOUNG LOVER - Owen Gray with the Coxsonairs 21. LONELY DAYS - Owen Gray with the Sonny Bradshaw Quartet 22. NO GOOD WOMAN - Owen Gray with the Sonny Bradshaw Quartet 23. BEST TWIST (Owen Gray) 24. GRANDMA-GRANDPA - Owen Gray with Hersan and his City Slickers 25. PRETTY GIRL 26. TWISTING MY BABY A.K.A. TWIST SO FINE 27. THEY GOT TO MOVE - Owen Gray with Buster's Group 28. BY THE TREE IN THE MEADOW - Owen Gray with Buster's Group 29. LIZABELLA - Owen Gray with Buster's Group
