Stanley Beckford | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Stanley Beckford |
Born | Portland, Jamaica | 17 February 1942
Died | 30 March 2007 Riversdale, St.Catherine, Jamaica | (aged 65)
Genres | Mento, Reggae |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1970s–1990s |
Formerly of | The Starlights Stanley and the Turbines The Astronauts |
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.