Beres Hammond
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Biography
[Edit]One of the most underappreciated reggae artists of his time, Beres Hammond was something of a throwback during his '90s heyday: a soulful crooner indebted to classic rocksteady and American R&B, one who preferred live instrumentation and wrote much of his own material. Hammond specialized in romantic lovers rock, but he also found time to delve into light dancehall, conscious roots reggae, hip-hop fusion, and straight-up contemporary R&B. He was born Hugh Beresford Hammond on August 28, 1955, in Annotto Bay, in the Jamaican province of St. Mary. Hammond grew up listening to his father's collection of American R&B (Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, etc.) and jazz, and also fell in love with native Jamaican music during the ska and rocksteady eras; his primary influence was Alton Ellis, and he also listened to the likes of Peter Tosh, the Heptones, and Ken Boothe.
Over 1972-1973, Hammond performed successfully in talent competitions, one of which led to his first recording, a soul cover of Ellis' "Wanderer." In 1975, Hammond joined the group Zap Pow as lead singer; they enjoyed a hit single in 1978 with "The System." Meanwhile, Hammond was already exploring the idea of a solo career, cutting his debut album, Soul Reggae, with producer Willie Lindo in 1976. Urged by his label, Aquarius, to pick a song for single release, Hammond instead returned to the studio and cut a new track, the ballad "One Step Ahead." It was a massive chart-topping hit in Jamaica, and so was his second single, 1978's Joe Gibbs-produced "I'm in Love." Hammond left Zap Pow in 1979 to concentrate on his solo career, and initially worked as a session singer to make up for the royalties that were failing to come in. He recorded his second solo album, Just a Man, with Gibbs in 1980, and reunited with Lindo for 1981's Comin' at You.
Hammond subsequently continued his session work, also forming a harmony quintet called Tuesday's Children that never recorded but had some success as a live act. Following the 1985 album Let's Make a Song, he founded his own label, Harmony House, to ensure that he would have an outlet whenever arrangements with other companies fell through. The first two singles, "Groovy Little Thing" and the Willie Lindo-produced "What One Dance Can Do," were both major hits that nodded to the emerging dancehall style, and the latter not only started to break him in the international market, but proved to be his biggest Jamaican hit ever. A self-titled album also appeared in 1986, and he scored another hit with "Settling Down." In 1987, amid his growing notoriety, Hammond was the victim of an armed break-in and robbery; greatly shaken by the ordeal of having been tied up while thieves ransacked his home, he left Jamaica and spent some time in New York with relatives, away from the spotlight.
Reuniting with Willie Lindo in the Big Apple, Hammond set to work on the ballad-heavy Have a Nice Week End, and also teamed with emerging crossover star Maxi Priest for the 1988 duet "How Can We Ease the Pain." In the wake of Hurricane Gilbert, Hammond returned to Jamaica and recorded the tougher Putting Up Resistance with producer Tappa Zukie, which was released in 1989 and spawned a significant hit in the title track and a popular follow-up in "Strange." Hammond made his return permanent in 1990, signing with the Penthouse label and teaming that year with producer Donovan Germain for the enormous dancehall hit "Tempting to Touch." Perhaps his best-known song in the U.K. and U.S., "Tempting to Touch" topped the charts in Jamaica and paved the way for 1992's hit A Love Affair album, which included further hits in "Is This a Sign" and "Respect to You Baby."
Now attracting interest from larger labels, Hammond wrote and recorded prolifically in the '90s, and produced fairly consistent results. Sweetness appeared in 1993 on VP, and 1994 brought In Control, a set on American major Elektra that was geared toward the international market. VP distributed his 1996 Harmony House album Love From a Distance, which made him one of the most popular lovers rock artists around, and Heartbeat handled the 1997 follow-up Getting Stronger. 1998 brought A Day in the Life... on VP, after which Hammond took a few years' break from his frantic recording pace. In the meantime, several compilations were released, including Jet Star's Reggae Max and Forever Yours (the former a hits retrospective, the latter focusing on his lovers rock material). Hammond returned to the studio in 2001 for Music Is Life, which featured a guest spot from rapper Wyclef Jean. Love Has No Boundaries was released in 2004 on VP Records, and included guest spots by Buju Banton and Big Youth, among others. A Moment in Time appeared in 2008 and featured the hit "Picking Up the Pieces." His 2012 effort, One Love, One Life, was split into two discs, one dealing with love while the other focused on social issues.
Title: Putting Up Resistance
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Full Attention
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Special Edition
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dancehall, World Music
Title: A Day In the Life
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Lifetime Guarantee
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: A Moment In Time
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Have A Nice Weekend
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Fatis Presents Beres Hammond Vol 2
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Fatis Presents Best of Beres Hammond
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Love from a Distance
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Beres Hammond - Reggae Hot Shots - EP
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dancehall, World Music
Title: In Dub
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dancehall
Title: Beres Hammond 12 Inch Style - EP
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Beres Hammond - Collectors Series
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Beres Hammond : In Dub - EP
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dub, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Fatis Presents Beres Hammond Vol 1
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Something Old, Something New (Beres Hammond)
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Live & Learn Presents: Beres Hammond & Barrington Levy
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Soul Reggae & More
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Anything Goes (Remix) (Single)
Artist: Bounty Killer, Beres Hammond
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancehall
Title: Beres Hammond Special Edition
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, World Music
Title: Baby Don't You Go (Remix) - Single
Artist: Beres Hammond, Chaka Khan, Top Secret Music
Genre: Reggae
Title: Can'T Stop A Man: The Ultimate Collection (CD1)
Artist: Beres Hammond
Genre: Reggae, Lovers Rock
Collections
Title: Reggae Gold 2004
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2009
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 39
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2003
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2000
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 1996
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 34
Genre: Reggae
Title: Out of Many - 50 Years of Reggae Music
Genre: Reggae
Title: Best of Greensleeves: From Dubplate to Download
Genre: Reggae
Title: Sampler 2
Genre: Electronica, House, Dancefloor, Reggae, Dance Pop
Title: Forever in Love: Reggae Valentines
Genre: Reggae
Title: Up Town Top Ranking
Genre: Reggae
Title: Ultimate Lovers Rock
Genre: Reggae
Title: Something Old, Something New (Volume Four)
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Something Old, Something New, Vol. 4
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2005
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best Vol. 32
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 1999
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 1993
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2007
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 1998
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2010
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2011
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Gold 2001
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 31
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 40
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Riddim Driven: Sweet
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae
Title: Hammer Riddim
Genre: Reggae
Title: Riddim Driven: Classic
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 18
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best Vol. 50
Genre: Reggae
Title: Rock Steady Reggae
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Reggae Now, Vol. 7
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Jamaica 50 Years of Culture
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Reggae Loves Africa
Genre: Reggae
Title: True Lovers Rock
Genre: Reggae
Title: Love and Live: Lovers Rock Collection, Vol. 1
Genre: Reggae
Title: Riddim Driven: Sweet
Genre: Reggae
Title: Undiscovered Reggae Vol. 2
Genre: Reggae
Title: Stalag 2000
Genre: Reggae
Title: Pure Lovers, Vol. 7
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 14
Genre: Reggae
Title: Sampler 14
Genre: Reggae
Title: Sampler 14
Genre: Reggae
Title: Old to the New
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae
Title: Special Deluxe Edition: Old to the New
Genre: Reggae
Title: Get the Reggae Rhythm
Genre: Reggae
Title: Dancehall 101 Vol 2
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Hits 34
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Pop (Deluxe Version)
Title: Reggae Summer Holiday
Genre: Reggae
Title: 100 Reggae Hits
Genre: Reggae
Title: Zulu Warriors FM, Vol. 3 (Shashamane Int'l Sound)
Genre: Reggae
Title: Lovers Rock Christmas
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Kemar Flava Mcgregor Collection
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: All Man
Genre: Reggae, World Music
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 28
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 38
Genre: Reggae
Title: Strictly the Best, Vol. 46
Genre: Reggae
Title: Penthouse 25 - The Journey Continues
Genre: Reggae
Title: Penthouse Showcase, Vol. 2
Genre: Reggae
Title: Stop the Fighting
Genre: Reggae
Title: Shashamane Representing Caribbean Style Radio
Genre: Reggae
Title: Penthouse Showcase Volume 2
Genre: Reggae
Title: Something Old Something New Vol. 6
Genre: Reggae
Title: Something Old Something New Vol. 5
Genre: Reggae
Title: Lifetime Reggae, Vol. 1
Genre: Reggae
Title: Songs for Reggae Lovers, Vol. 5
Genre: Reggae
Title: Masterpiece David Rodigan - Ministry of Sound
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Hits 31
Genre: Reggae
Featuring albums
Title: Reggae Anthology - Penthouse Classics
Artist: Reggae Anthology: Penthouse Classics
Genre: Reggae
Title: Reggae Lovers Rock, Vol. 3
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Lovers Rock
Title: Gappy RanksĀ And Friends - EP / Gappy Ranks And Friends - EP
Artist: Gappy Ranks
Genre: Reggae