ArtistInfo
The Paragons
Band, JM, Kingston Parish
Reggae
The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt.
Members
 | John Holt voc 1947-2014 JM |
 | Vic Taylor voc JM |
 | Howard Barrett voc JM |
 | Keith Anderson voc JM |
| Junior Menz voc |
 | Garth Evans voc JM |
Popular Tracks 
The Tide Is High on Original Paragons At Treasure Isle by The Paragons Blackbird Singing on On the Beach: The Anthology by The Paragons When the Lights Are Low on On the Beach: The Anthology by The Paragons The Tide Is High on The Tide Is High by The Paragons On the Beach on On the Beach: The Anthology by The Paragons Only a Smile on Original Paragons At Treasure Isle by The Paragons I've Got to Get Away (aka Man Next Door) on On the Beach: The Anthology by The Paragons Island In the Sun on On the Beach: The Anthology by The Paragons Things You Say You Love on Late Night Reggae by Various Artists Pack up Your Troubles on The Mighty Paragons Collection by The ParagonsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| On The Beach / Theme From The Sandpiper | The Paragons / Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 2018 | Single |
| I Wanna Be With You / Sweet And Gentle | The Paragons / Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 2018 | Single |
| Let The Wicked Run Away / Best Dub | The Paragons / The Aggrovators | 2014 | Single |
| Joy In My Soul / Travelling Man | The Paragons / The Techniques | 2012 | Single |
| We Were Meant To Be | The Paragons With Lynn Taitt & The Jets | 2011 | Single |
| The Original Paragons | The Paragons | 2009 | Album |
| The Tide Is High / Mescopopomia | The Paragons / Don Drummond | 2007 | Single |
| Man Next Door | Horace Andy & The Paragons | 2007 | Single |
| Island In The Sun | The Paragons | 2006 | Compil. |
| Sly & Robbie Presents The Mighty Paragons Collection | The Paragons | 2006 | Compil. |
| The Legendary Paragons | The Paragons | 2006 | Compil. |
| Riding On A High And Windy Day / Duke Of Earl | The Paragons / Alton Ellis | 2002 | Single |
| Memories By The Score | The Paragons | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Paragons Sing The Beatles And Bob Dylan | The Paragons | 1998 | Album |
| Gold | Yellowman And The Paragons | 1995 | Compil. |
| Riding High | The Paragons | 1994 | Compil. |
| The Tide Is High | The Paragons | 1994 | Single |
| Yellowman Meets The Paragons | Yellowman / The Paragons | 1993 | Album |
| Where You To The Ball / Happy Go Lucky Girl | The Paragons | 1992 | Single |
| Golden Hits | The Paragons | 1992 | Compil. |
| My Best Girl Wears My Crown (Rock Steady 1966-1968) | The Paragons With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1992 | Compil. |
| Danny Boy | The Paragons | 1986 | Single |
| For You? | The Paragons | 1982 | Album |
| Modeling Crowd / Heaven And Earth | The Paragons & Lord Sassafrass & Prince Philip | 1982 | Album |
| Mr Chatter Box / With You Girl | Bob Marley & The Wailers & Toyan / Tyrone Evans & The Paragons & Ernest Ranglin | 1982 | Album |
| The Tide Is High (Remake) | The Paragons | 1981 | Single |
| Now | The Paragons | 1981 | Album |
| The Paragons | The Paragons | 1981 | Album |
| Only A Smile (Discomix) / You Mean The World To Me (Discomix) | The Paragons | 1981 | Album |
| The Tide Is High | The Paragons / U-Roy | 1980 | Single |
| The Paragons Return | The Paragons | 1977 | Album |
| My Satisfaction / Blue Moon | The Paragons / Brentford All Stars | 1977 | Album |
| My Satisfaction | The Paragons | 1977 | Single |
| Do The Best Thing | The Paragons | 1976 | Single |
| Joy In My Soul | The Paragons | 1975 | Single |
| Have You Ever Been In Love / Version | The Paragons | 1974 | Single |
| With Roslyn Sweat | The Paragons With Roslyn Sweet | 1974 | Album |
| Man Next Door / Got To Get Away | John Holt & The Paragons / Dave Barker | 1973 | Single |
| Black Birds Singing / Always | Roslyn Sweet And The Paragons | 1973 | Single |
| Paragons Medley | The Paragons | 1970 | Single |
| You Mean So Much To Me / Equality And Justice | The Paragons | 1969 | Single |
| Have You Ever Been In Love / Change Your Style | The Paragons | 1969 | Single |
| Take Your Hand From My Neck / Equality And Justice | The Paragons | 1969 | Single |
| Satisfaction / Regay Ago Go | The Paragons / Winston "Taw" Harris | 1968 | Single |
| So Close To You / Silver Bird | The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| Afrikaan Beat / My Satisfaction | Lester Sterling, The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| Silver Bird / My Best Girl | The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| The Same Song / Soul Serenade | The Paragons, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1968 | Single |
| Left With A Broken Heart / Man Next Door | John Holt And The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| Mercy Mercy / Riding On A Windy Way | The Paragons With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1968 | Single |
| Reggae a go go - My Satisfaction | Lloyd Greene, The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| Devoted | The Paragons, Tommy McCook | 1968 | Single |
| Left With A Broken Heart / Got To Get Away | The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| My Number One / Memories By The Score | The Paragons | 1968 | Single |
| On The Beach | The Paragons | 1967 | Single |
| On The Beach / Sweet And Gentle | The Paragons With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1967 | Single |
| Happy Go Lucky Girl / So Much Pain | The Paragons With Lynn Taitt And Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1967 | Single |
| On The Beach | The Paragons | 1967 | Album |
| Talking Love / If I Were You | The Paragons | 1967 | Single |
| The Tide Is High / Only A Smile | The Paragons With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1967 | Single |
| We Were Meant To Be / I Am So Depressed | The Paragons | 1967 | Single |
| Riding High On The Beach | The Paragons | 1967 | Compil. |
| Happy Go Lucky Girl / Look What Love Have Done To Me | The Paragons, Lynn Taitt With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1967 | Single |
| Follow Me / Good Luck & Good Bye | The Paragons | 1966 | Single |
| Love At Last / Play Girl | The Paragons | 1965 | Single |
| Happy Go Lucky Girl | Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, The Paragons | Single | |
| You Don't Care / Mother Nature | The Techniques / The Paragons | Single | |
| Wear Yon To The Ball / I've Never Fall In Love | The Paragons | Single | |
| I Will Get Along Without You / Yellow Bird | The Melodians, The Paragons | Single | |
| Mother Nature | The Paragons | Single | |
| My Best Girl | The Paragons | Album | |
| Riding High / G. T. 185 / Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | The Paragons, Jah Stone, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Album | |
| I'll Be Lonely / You Mean The World To Me | John Holt & Joya Landis / The Paragons | Single | |
| Baba Boom / Only A Smile | The Jamaicans / The Paragons | Single | |
| Ali Baba / Yellow Bird | John Holt / The Paragons | Single | |
| Say You / Island In The Sun | Ken Boothe / The Paragons | Single | |
| Let The Wicked Runaway | The Paragons | Single | |
| Duke Of Earl / Riding High | Alton Ellis / The Paragons | Single | |
| Dance With Me | The Paragons | Single | |
| The Same Song / You Mean The World To Me | The Paragons | Single | |
| The Same Song / Soul Serenade | The Paragons & Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| Tide Is High | The Paragons | Single | |
| The World Is A Ghetto | The Paragons | Single | |
| Black Bird Singing / I Will Get Along Without You Baby | The Paragons / The Melodians | Single | |
| Tide is High | The Paragons, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| Go On Home / Good Luck And Goodbye | Norma Wright / The Paragons | Single | |
| The Tide Is High / Tide Dub | The Paragons, Tommy McCook | Single | |
| Lady With The Starlight / Island In The Sun | Ken Boothe / The Paragons | Single | |
| I Want You Closer / Out Of Sight | John Holt And The Paragons / Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, Donnie Simpson | Single | |
| She Is Just A Waste Of Time | Don Evans & The Paragons | Album | |
| Tide Is High | The Paragons | Single | |
| Close To You / On The Beach | Phyllis Dillon / The Paragons | Single | |
| Mother Nature/ I Will Get A Long Without You | The Paragons, The Melodians | Single | |
| My Best Girl / Those Guys | The Paragons / The Sensations | Single | |
| Left With A Broken Heart / Devil's Brother In Law | The Paragons / I-Roy | Single | |
| Don't Go Away Girl | The Paragons | Single | |
| Only A Smile | The Paragons | Single | |
| Have You Ever Been In Love / Change Your Style | The Paragons | Single | |
| Black Bird Sing / Last Train To Expo 67 | The Paragons / The Melodians | Single | |
| Dont Touch My Tomato / Island In The Sun | Phyllis Dillon, The Paragons | Single | |
| Last Train To Expo 67 / Yellow Bird | The Melodians / The Paragons | Single | |
| Only A Smile / Happy Go Lucky Girl | The Paragons | Single | |
| My Satisfaction / Reggae For Days | The Paragons / Roy & Enid | Single | |
| Quiet Place | The Paragons | Single | |
| On The Beach / Don't Try Me (Version) | The Paragons / Duke Reid Group | Single | |
| Black Bird Singing | The Paragons | Single | |
| Mother Nature | The Paragons | Single | |
| Wear You To The Ball / Wear You To The Dance | The Paragons feat. Mr. Vegas, Rayvon, U-Roy & Channel Live / Brother Culture | Single | |
| Wear You To The Ball | The Paragons | Single | |
| I Am Going To Tell My Friends About You | The Paragons | Single | |
| Change Your Style / Version | The Paragons | Single | |
| Look What Love Has Done / Happy Go Lucky Girl | The Paragons | Single | |
| Riding On A High And Windy Day / Duke Of Earl | The Paragons / Alton Ellis | Single | |
| Only A Smile / I Will Get Along Without You Baby | The Paragons / The Melodians | Single | |
| I'll Get Along Without You / Yellow Bird | The Paragons | Single | |
| Equality And Justice / Sound Of The Wise | The Paragons / I-Roy | Single | |
| Island In The Sun / Last Train To Expo 67 | The Paragons / The Melodians | Single | |
| Only a Smile / Dance Crasher | The Paragons, Alton Ellis | Single | |
| My Number One | John Holt & The Paragons / Mafia & Fluxy & The Aggrovators | Single | |
| Happy Go Lucky Girl / I'll Get Along Without You | The Paragons / The Melodians | Single | |
| I'll Never Fall In Love / Wear You To The Ball | The Sensations, The Paragons | Single | |
| Black Bird Singing | The Paragons, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| Perfidia / Island In The Sun | Phyllis Dillon, The Paragons | Single | |
| Lonesome Lad / You Don't Care For Dub At All | Tyrone Evans & The Paragons / Sly & Robbie | Single |
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