Randolph Samuel Williams (October 26, 1912 – August 11, 1980), also known as Mas Ran and Ranny Williams, was a Jamaican comedian and actor. Born in Colón, Panama, he moved to Jamaica with his mother when he was six. He hosted television shows,...
Lois Kelly Miller, also spelled Lois Kelly-Miller and formerly known as Lois Kelly-Barrow, (15 October 1917 – 8 April 2020) was a Jamaican theatre and screen actress. She became a household name in Jamaica for her decades-long, professional career...
Winston Foster , (born 15 January 1956) better known by the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He first became popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, rising to prominence with a series of...
The Jackson 5 World Tour was the fifth overall concert tour and the first world tour undertaken by the American band the Jackson 5, promoting their albums Skywriter (1973), G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973), Dancing Machine (1974) and Moving Violation...
Kid Harold (22 March 1899 – 1985) was a dancer, singer, and vaudeville comedy routine performer in Jamaica. His performances included being a part of the Harold and Trim duo in the 1920s. Kid Harold was born Harold Alexander Smith in Kingston,...
The Grace Thrillers is a Jamaican gospel group. The group was founded in 1971 by Noel Willis. Although the members have changed over the years, the group remains one of the most internationally recognized Jamaican gospel groups and has performed in...
Reggae Sunsplash was a reggae music festival held annually in Jamaica from 1978 to 1996, with additional events in 1998 and 2006. The festival expanded to include international tours in 1985 and was revived as a virtual event in 2020 by Tryone...
Red Sea is an album by Augustus Pablo released in 1998, containing material recorded between 1970 and 1973 and produced by Herman Chin Loy. The music on the album is among the earliest instances of Pablo's revolutionary use of the melodica as a...
National Heroes Park (formerly King George VI Memorial Park) is a botanical garden in Kingston, Jamaica. The largest open space in Kingston at 20 hectares (50 acres) in size, National Heroes Park features numerous monuments; it is the burial site of...
Thoroughbred racehorse. Mikhail Vodopyanov, 80, Soviet pilot and general. Ranny Williams, 67, Panamanian-born Jamaican comedian and actor. Billy Wrigglesworth