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Tommy Cowan
12+ albums
reggaedubskinhead reggae
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Tommy Cowan (b. Thomas Lincoln Cowan, 6 April 1946, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica) is a producer and singer, initially working in reggae but later concentrating on gospel, who has been involved in the music business since the 1960s.[1][2] He is also an ordained Gospel minister. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Albums 4 References 5 External links [edit] Biography Cowan entered the music business in the mid-1960s as a member of The Merricoles, a vocal group who won a local talent contest.[1] The group changed their name to The Jamaicans in 1967, and won the Jamaican Song Festival with the Duke Reid-produced "Baba Boom", which also topped the Jamaican chart.[1] More hits followed in the form of "Sing Freedom", "Things You Say You Love", and "Woman Go Home", before the group split up. Cowan then took up a job as Sales & Marketing manager at Byron Lee's Dynamic Studios, which gave him the experience needed to move into record production, working with artists including Jacob Miller and Inner Circle, Earl Zero, Ray I, Leroy Smart, Ras Michael, The Cimarons, Dean Stone, and Junior Tucker.[1][3] An album of dubs of Cowan's productions from this era, Ras Claat Dub was issued on the Grounation label. Several other Cowan-produced sets were credited to the Fatman Ridim Section. Cowan also produced Israel Vibration's The Same Song and Why Worry albums and the latter's associated dub set, Israel Tafari, mixed by King Tubby.[3] Cowan became Inner Circle's manager and s
