bvoc, voc, perc, *1944 JM, Kingston Parish
Singer / Songwriter of Reggae
A.k.a. Keith Ainsley Anderson Keith Anderson (4)
Jamaican singer, songwriter and producer born in 1944, Bob Andy (born Keith Anderson) began his carreer with the group The Blinders formed with his childhood friend Tyrone Evans. After some line-up changes including the integration of John Holt, The Blinders became The Paragons but Bob Andy left the group in 1965 and then recorded for Studio One as a solo artist in 1966 the smash hit “I’ve Got to Go Back Home”, a song which has become a much-loved anthem for Jamaicans and as a songwriter for artists like Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson or Marcia Griffiths. The couple formed with Griffiths got some success as Bob & Marcia. In November 1987, Bob assumed the post of A&R and Promotions Director for Tuff Gong (the group of companies founded by Bob Marley). Rockers Magazine honoured Bob with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Kingston in 1989, as did the Canadian Reggae Music Awards in Toronto in 1991. In 1997 he was named as one of the music’s “Living Legends” at the Reggae/Soca Awards in Miami and was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the 1999 Bob Marley Day Festival in Southern California. He received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Jamaica in 2003.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Rave All Night / I Don't Care | The Termites / Bob Andy, Tyrone Evans | 2019 | Single |
Love One Another / Can't Stand This | Glen Washington / Bob Andy & Mark Wonder | 2015 | Single |
The Way I Feel | Bob Andy | 2011 | Single |
Reggae Land | Bob Andy | 2006 | Album |
Reggae Land | Bob Andy | 2006 | Single |
Create Our History | Luciano / Bob Andy | 2006 | Single |
Be By Myself / Gravey Girl | Bob Andy | 2006 | Single |
Unchained / Mr. Bassie | Bob Andy / Horace Andy | 2003 | Album |
Let Them Say | Bob Andy | 2002 | Single |
There Is A God | Bob Andy | 2001 | Single |
In The Groove | Bob Andy | 2000 | Single |
Zion | Bob Andy | 2000 | Single |
Who To Trust | Bob Andy | 1997 | Single |
Hanging Tough | Bob Andy | 1997 | Album |
Die No More / Truth Is | Bob Andy | 1996 | Album |
Fire Burning | Bob Andy | 1995 | Compil. |
Love This Life | Bob Andy | 1995 | Single |
Good Luck & Goodbye / The Way I Feel | Horace Andy / Trevor Hartley / Bob Andy | 1993 | Album |
Tell Me Now / Life | Bob Andy | 1992 | Album |
Feel The Feeling | Bob Andy | 1991 | Album |
The Best Of Bob Andy | Bob Andy | 1991 | Compil. |
Sun Shines For Me | Bob Andy | 1989 | Album |
Bob Andy's Dub Book - As Revealed To Mad Professor | Bob Andy | 1989 | Album |
Cherry / Feeling Soul | Bob Andy | 1988 | Album |
Freely | Bob Andy | 1988 | Album |
Cherri | Bob Andy | 1988 | Single |
Hobbin And Bobbin / On Top Of The World | Bob Andy | 1988 | Single |
Let Me Go | Bob Andy | 1988 | Single |
You Think It's A Joke | Bob Andy | 1987 | Single |
Super Powers (Dark Clouds) | Bob Andy | 1987 | Album |
Retrospective | Bob Andy | 1986 | Compil. |
Just For A Time | Bob Andy | 1986 | Album |
Dance Hall Time | Bob Andy | 1985 | Single |
Level Vibes | Bob Andy | 1984 | Single |
Spoon Fed | Bob Andy | 1984 | Album |
Honey / Going Home | Bob Andy | 1983 | Album |
Friends | Bob Andy | 1983 | Album |
Time / The Way I Feel | The Minstrels, Star The Marshall / Bob Andy | 1979 | Album |
Desperate Lover / After The Rain | Bob Andy / Johnny Osbourne & Brentford All Stars | 1979 | Album |
Lots Of Love And I | Bob Andy | 1977 | Album |
Slow Down | Bob Andy | 1977 | Single |
Games People Play / Talking Love | Bob Andy / John Holt | 1977 | Single |
Ghetto Stays In The Mind | Bob Andy And The Revolutionaries | 1977 | Single |
War In City | Bob Andy | 1976 | Single |
Feeling Soul / Rock It Down | Bob Andy | 1976 | Single |
Hell A Go Broke Lose | Bob Andy | 1975 | Single |
The Music Inside Me | Bob Andy | 1975 | Album |
Nyah | Bob Andy | 1975 | Single |
Mellow Like A C'ello | Bob Andy | 1975 | Single |
Check It Out | Bob Andy | 1975 | Single |
Many Youths Are Crying / Don't Let The Children Suffer | Bob Andy / Fred Bryan, Harris Taylor & I Threes | 1974 | Single |
Fire Burning / Burning Drums | Bob Andy / Dadawah | 1974 | Single |
Buy You A Ring / Love Is A Wonderful Wicked Thing | The Ethiopians / Rupie Edwards, Bob Andy & Tyrone Evans | 1973 | Single |
You Don't Know | Bob Andy | 1973 | Single |
Bob Andy's Song Book | Bob Andy | 1972 | Album |
Everyday People | Bob Andy | 1972 | Single |
Life | Bob Andy / Harry J. All Stars | 1972 | Single |
Green Green Valley | Bob Andy | 1971 | Single |
Holy Moses | Bob Andy | 1971 | Single |
One Woman / No Second Hand Love | Bob Andy | 1971 | Single |
Green Green Valley / One Woman | Bob Andy | 1971 | Single |
One Woman / Save Me Version | Bob Andy | 1971 | Single |
Always Together / Desperate Lover | Bob & Marcia / Bob Andy | 1970 | Single |
Peace Of Mine / Weep | Bob Andy | 1970 | Single |
Love Is A Wonderful Wicked Thing / Never Miss | Rupie Edwards, Bob Andy & Tyrone Evans / Winston Wright | 1970 | Single |
Games People Play | Bob Andy | 1969 | Single |
Desperate Lover | Bob Andy | 1969 | Single |
Going Home / Straight Flush | Bob Andy / Sound Dimension | 1969 | Single |
The Way I Feel / Long Time Now | Bob Andy / The Ethiopians | 1969 | Single |
I Don’t Care | Bob Andy & Tyrone Evans | 1969 | Single |
Love Got Me / Lady With The Bright Light | Larry & Alvin / Bob Andy | 1968 | Single |
Let Them Say | Bob Andy & Sound Dimension | 1968 | Single |
Too Experienced / Let Them Say | Bob Andy | 1968 | Single |
Dun Dead A'ready / Stay In My Lonely Arms | The Ethiopians / Bob Andy | 1967 | Single |
You Troubled Me / Love | The Soul Vendors / Bob Andy & The Beltones | 1967 | Single |
I've Got To Go Back Home / Rudy Girl | Bob Andy / Sonny Burke | 1967 | Single |
Crime Don't Pay / Love And Pity | Bob Andy / The Ethiopians | 1966 | Single |
Ska Music | Bob Andy | Single | |
Games People Play / Oh Child | Bob Andy / Bruce Ruffin | Single | |
My Time | Bob Andy | Single | |
One Woman | Bob Andy / Harry J. All Stars | Single | |
Unchained | Bob Andy | Single | |
Desparate Lover | Bob Andy | Single | |
Magic Moment / Unchained | Larry Marshall / Bob Andy | Single | |
One Woman / Sun Shines For Me | Bob Andy | Single | |
I Love You | Bob Andy | Single | |
Hurry Back / I Love You | Bob Andy | Single | |
I Love You / Love This Life | Bob Andy | Single | |
You And I Are Company | Bob Andy & Tyrone Evans | Single | |
Keep The Cost Of Living Down / Many Youths Are Crying | Fred Bryan And Bob Andy | Single | |
I Like To Live The Life | Bob Andy | Single | |
Desperate Lover / Black Onion | Bob Andy / Jackie Mittoo | Single | |
I've Got To Go Back Home / Climb The Ladder | Bob Andy / The Wailers | Single | |
Set Me Free | Bob Andy | Album | |
Ska Music | Bob Andy | Single | |
Feel The Feeling / Troubled Woman | Bob Andy | Single | |
I've Got To Go Back Home / Try A Little Smile | Bob Andy / Doreen Shaffer | Album | |
I Love You / Tell Me Now | Bob Andy | Single | |
Almighty Dolla | Bob Andy, Taffari | Single | |
Let Him Go / Unchained | The Wailers / Bob Andy | Single | |
My Time | Bob Andy | Single | |
My Time / Rocking | Bob Andy / Roy Richards | Single | |
Oh Girl | Bob Andy | Single | |
A Rub A Dub / Rub Off A Dub / The Way I Feel | Shorty The President / Underground People / Bob Andy | Single | |
I've Got To Go Back Home / Lay It On | Bob Andy / The Melodians | Single | |
There Is A God | Bob Andy | Single | |
Let Them Say / El Bang Bang | Bob Andy / Jackie Mittoo | Single | |
Feeling Soul | Bob Andy / Sound Dimension | Single | |
How Am I Gonna Live/Bubbling Horn/Mysterious Nature | Bob Andy / Rupie Edwards All Stars Featuring Tommy McCook / African Brothers | Album | |
I've Got To Go Back Home | Bob Andy | Single |
Bob Andy & Tyrone Evans |
Bob Andy And His Surf-Riders |