Dennis Bovell (born 1953, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies) is a reggae guitarist and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'. Bovell is widely credited as the inventor of lover's rock - a style of reggae with light apolitical, romantic lyrical themes, marketed towards young women. He is also known for attempting to fuse disco rhythms with reggae, most notably with the hit song "Silly Games" by Janet Kay. Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “St Peter” redirects here. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... Lovers Rock is the United Kingdoms main contribution to reggae. ... Lyrics are the words in songs. ... Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that was popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s, and which dominated mainstream pop until the late 1970s. ... Janet Kay is a British singer of Jamaican parentage best known for her Lovers Rock songs of the late 1970s, Silly Games and a cover of Minnie Ripertons Lovin You. She has also had roles as a theatre and television actress. ...

He moved to England with his family at the age of twelve. He has produced albums by a wide variety of artists including I-Roy, The Thompson Twins, The Pop Group and The Slits. He has collaborated with dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson for much of his working life. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Roy Samuel Reid (June 28, 1949-November 27, 1999, born in St. ... The Thompson Twins are a British band which emerged in the 1980s in the immediate aftermath of New Romanticism, scoring a string of hits and conquering the USA in the process. ... The Pop Group was a post-punk band from Bristol, England whose uncompromising, dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz, funk and dub reggae. ... The Slits are an all female punk rock band. ... Dub can refer to: dub music, a sub-genre of reggae music a mostly-instrumental remix, usually without lyrics but still with chorus The IATA airport code for Dublin Airport, Dublin, Republic of Ireland dubbing, the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture dubbing, also the process... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, a making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, in Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British-based Dub poet. ...

Dennis Bovell has also co-written and co-produced the majority of rising British Reggae sensation Bobby Kray. His Debut album "Tales From A Skinny White Boy" which was released in August 2007, features the lead single "Silly Games", Covered by Bobby Kray, Produced by Dennis Bovell with Backing vocals by Janet Kay.

External links

• Dennis Bovell page at LKJ Records