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Like so many of Jamaican Hit-Makers, Spectacular is a product of the ghetto (born January 26th, 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica). He hails from the Kencot area of Kingston and was educated at the Maxfield Park Primary- and Norman Manley High-School. It was from the street corner that he graduated to start hanging out at the Penthouse recording facility, after school. In 1993 he made his first major stage performance after he had passed an audition for the Yard and Broad promoted, StarWave 93, at Fort Clarence/ Jamaica. In 1996 his first recording, "I Love This Girl", on the Chop Chop Label, was released. Right after this first record, Spectacular was burning more Fire on the Jamaican airwaves with Hit-singles like "Melody In Your Voice" for Buju Bantons Gargamel Label and "Push On Though", "Who Hail The Man" and "Love & Joy" produced by Veteran Engineer "Soljie" Hamilton and Dean Frazier. Within the years Spectacular worked with different european Producers like Ganglords from Switzerland and Pionear from Germaican Records (V
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His life journey forms the bedrock of his art, and fuels it, from his childhood in the ghettos of Kingston through the start of his career, then onward to collaborate with the greatest producers on the island and travelthe world. His stage reputation precedes him. In fact, it was after his first show in 1993 that he was given his artist name following a fiery performance. SPECTACULAR also known as "BURNING PECTACULAR" belongs to that generation of artists from the '90s capable of delivering a spiritual message with overflowing and contagious energy. This mystical and positive intensity is expressed through roots music (his idols being Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Ini Kamoze, and the Gladiators), a powerful voice that isinstantly recognizable, and a universal message.
Music is innate in Spectacular. He discovered and practiced it from a very young age. Born in 1976 inKingston, he grew up poor where music was often the only escape. Even at school, his friends recognized his talent. Young Carl Reid then decided to knock on studio doors. By saving
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The BIO Award
Kitty Kelley has won the 14th BIO Award, bestowed annually by the Biographers International Organization, to a distinguished colleague who has made major contributions to the advancement of the art and craft of biography.
She is the author of seven biographical works: Oprah: A Biography (2010), The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty (2004), The Royals (1997), Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (1991), His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra (1986), Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star (1981), and Jackie Oh! (1978).
Widely regarded as the foremost expert and author of unauthorized biography, Kelley has displayed courage and deftness in writing unvarnished accounts of some of the most powerful figures in politics, media, and popular culture. Of her art and craft, Kelley said, in American Scholar, “I do not relish living in a world where information is authorized, sanitized, and homogenized. I read banned books, I applaud whistleblowers, and I reject any suppression by church or state. To me, the unauthorized biography, which re
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