Neville Staple (born 11 April 1956, in Christiana, Jamaica) was a roadie-turned-singer for the legendary second-wave ska band The Specials. His deep baritone voice often added the punch phrases and spoken "skats" to counterpoint the melodies. Neville's exciting on-stage antics, combined with his dread locked hair, often dominated their live shows. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christiana may refer to: Christiana, Alabama Christiana, Delaware Christiana, Pennsylvania Christiana, Tennessee Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin Christiana, Vernon County, Wisconsin – The two Wisconsin towns are about 165 km (105 mi) apart Christiana, South Africa Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark See also Christiania (disambiguation) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles... The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians who travel on tour with musicians who handle every part of the production except actually playing the music. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Ska is a form of Jamaican music combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz and rhythm and blues sound. ... The Specials are a British band formed in 1977 in Coventry (see 1977 in music). ... Baritone (French: baryton; German: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Look up Melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a melody is a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord. ...

When The Specials first split up he, along with Terry Hall and Lynval Golding, formed Fun Boy Three. Staple now does solo work and lives in the USA. In the late 1990s, Neville joined Ranking Roger from The Beat to form Special Beat, a revival group playing hits from both former two-tone bands. He was also featured on the song "Explosive" by the third-wave ska band The Planet Smashers Terry Hall (born March 19, 1959, in Coventry, England) was the lead singer of The Specials, the Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair and Anouchka and Vegas. ... The Fun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful multi-racial British band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was headed by singer Terry Hall after he left the Specials. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... Ranking Roger (b. ... The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat, was an essential Two Tone ska and pop music group. ... Two Tone (or 2 Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska. ... The Planet Smashers are a third-wave ska band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Now you can find Neville Staples touring the U.K. with a new backing band. He has a daughter Sheena Staple who currently lives in the U.S. working on a solo album, And a son Darren Neville Simms who is the lead singer in a U.S. reggae rock band named "DreadStarr". This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...