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U-Roy
voc, *1942 JM, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Singer of Reggae
A.k.a. Ewart Beckford
Reggae's greatest DJ, U Roy (or Hugh Roy, born Ewart Beckford, 21 September 1942, Jones Town, Jamaica), also known as The Originator, became famous in the late 60's and early 70's with a stream of smash hits whose appeal has endured ever since. He was the prime innovator of 'toasting' (wild, exciting vocal improvisations) and rapping over 'versions' of popular songs remixed by dub music pioneers such as King Tubby. This style of vocals was a major influence on the early rap scene (Disco/Electro/Break Beat) and the later American hip-hop movement. He ran his own label, Mego-Ann.
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Popular Tracks 
The Voices Of Sweet Jamaica - All Star Remix on The Voices Of Sweet Jamaica by Shaggy The Tide is High on Greatest Hits Anthology by U-Roy Natty Rebel - Remaster 1990 on Natty Rebel by U-Roy Drive Her Home on U Roy by U-Roy Chalice In The Palace - 1990 Digital Remaster on Dread In A Babylon by U-Roy Runaway Girl - 1990 Digital Remaster on Dread In A Babylon by U-Roy Pumps and Pride on Pray Fi Di People by U-Roy Ain't That Loving You on Can't Stop A Man by Beres Hammond Man Next Door (feat. Santigold) on Solid Gold by U-Roy Trenchtown Rock (feat. Ziggy Marley) on Solid Gold by U-RoyTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talking Roots | U-Roy | 2018 | Album |
| Repatriation / Teacher | U-Roy, Mad Professor | 2018 | Album |
| Dynamic Fashion Way / Share My Rest | U-Roy / John Holt | 2018 | Single |
| Murdah (King Tubby Mix) | Sugar Minott Introduction U-Roy | 2017 | Single |
| My Ethiopian Queen | U-Roy | 2017 | Single |
| Natty Rebel | Rod Anton & U-Roy | 2015 | Album |
| Dub Is All I Got (Remix Clash) - Tribute To Style Scott | Dub Syndicate ft. U-Roy | 2015 | Compil. |
| Drive Her Home / I Love You Baby | U-Roy & Hopeton Lewis With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics / The Versatiles | 2015 | Single |
| Girl I've Got A Date / Wake The Town | Alton Ellis / U-Roy | 2015 | Single |
| Give Thanks To Jah / Weep & Mourn | U-Roy Featuring Don Goliath / Daddy Spencer | 2015 | Album |
| Wake The Nation | U-Roy | 2014 | Single |
| Organize | Luciano, Ziggi & U-Roy | 2014 | Single |
| Luv N' Liv | Dub Gabriel Feat. U-Roy | 2013 | Single |
| Selector Pull Up PT2 / Caan Dun | Beres Hammond feat Beenie Man & Dean Fraser, U-Roy | 2012 | Single |
| Pray Fi Di People | U-Roy | 2012 | Album |
| King Tubby's Skank | U-Roy | 2011 | Single |
| Groping In The Dark | Eric Blowtorch / U-Roy / Prince Jazzbo / Pumpkin World All Stars | 2010 | Album |
| Babylon You Wrong | Cornell Campbell & U-Roy | 2010 | Single |
| Teach Dem / Heavy Load | Chezidek Featuring U-Roy / Gappy Ranks | 2010 | Single |
| Babylon You Wrong | Cornell Campbell & U-Roy | 2010 | Single |
| I Am The Originator | U-Roy | 2009 | Compil. |
| Foundation Skank 1971-1975 Rare Sides By The DJ Originator | U-Roy | 2009 | Compil. |
| 30 Massive Shots From Treasure Isle | U-Roy | 2009 | Compil. |
| The Dark Mixes | Love Trio Featuring U-Roy | 2008 | Album |
| Love Grows / Acting Funny | Tu Shung Peng Feat. Rod Taylor / U-Roy | 2007 | Album |
| Love Trio In Dub | Love Trio In Dub Featuring U-Roy | 2007 | Album |
| Old School / New Rules | U-Roy | 2007 | Album |
| Precious | Alborosie / U-Roy | 2007 | Single |
| Hold On Rasta | U-Roy | 2007 | Compil. |
| Revisit The Palace | U-Roy | 2006 | Album |
| This Is Crucial Reggae | U-Roy | 2005 | Compil. |
| Train From West | U-Roy / Niney The Observer & Observer Allstars | 2005 | Single |
| Rootsman | U-Roy & François Kevorkian | 2005 | Album |
| U-Roy Meets King Tubbys | U-Roy & King Tubby | 2005 | Compil. |
| Lovers Rock | U-Roy | 2005 | Single |
| Concept Of Life / 4 Things | Beenie Man & U-Roy / Zahair | 2005 | Single |
| Nublu Presents: Love Trio In Dub | Love Trio In Dub Featuring U-Roy | 2004 | Album |
| Blessed | U-Roy | 2004 | Single |
| Old Fashioned Way / Dynamic Fashion Way / Spanish Omega / Fat Baby / Broken Contract | Ken Boothe / U-Roy / Dennis Alcapone / Augustus Pablo / Zap Pow | 2004 | Album |
| Trial & Cross Dub / Tubbys Dub Skank | Dillinger / U-Roy | 2003 | Album |
| Kingston 12 Shuffle / Trenchtown Rock | U-Roy With Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2003 | Album |
| Keep On Movin' / Betta Movin' | The Mighty Diamonds / U-Roy | 2003 | Single |
| Rebel In Styylle | U-Roy | 2003 | Album |
| Ain't That Lovin' You | Beres Hammond & U-Roy | 2002 | Single |
| Sweat For You Baby / Real Cool | The Heptones / U-Roy | 2002 | Single |
| Sweet & Nice | Papa B & U-Roy | 2002 | Single |
| The Deejay Daddy | U-Roy | 2002 | Compil. |
| Babylon Burning: The Mighty Sounds Of U-Roy | U-Roy | 2002 | Compil. |
| Now | U-Roy | 2001 | Album |
| Super Boss - The Best Of U-Roy | U-Roy | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Rightful Ruler | U-Roy | 2001 | Compil. |
| Every Knee Shall Bow | U-Roy | 2001 | Single |
| Creation Rebel / African Heardsman | U-Roy / I-Roy | 2001 | Single |
| Serious Matter Dub | U-Roy | 2000 | Album |
| True True / I Got To Get Away | U-Roy / Dave Barker | 2000 | Single |
| Trenchtown Rock | U-Roy | 1999 | Compil. |
| Serious Matter | U-Roy | 1999 | Album |
| Wake The Town | U-Roy | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Lost Album - Right Time Rockers | U-Roy | 1998 | Album |
| Babylon Kingdom Must Fall | U-Roy | 1996 | Album |
| U-Roy And Friends: Your Ace From Space | U-Roy | 1995 | Compil. |
| Original DJ | U-Roy | 1995 | Compil. |
| Do Re Mi / Super Boss | U-Roy With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1994 | Single |
| Smile A While | U-Roy & Sandra Cross | 1993 | Album |
| Satisfy My Soul | JC Lodge / U-Roy | 1993 | Single |
| I & I | U-Roy | 1992 | Single |
| Super Boss | U-Roy | 1992 | Compil. |
| The Teacher Meets The Student | U-Roy Meets Josey Wales | 1992 | Compil. |
| Smile A While | U-Roy | 1992 | Album |
| Natty Rebel - Extra Version | U-Roy | 1991 | Compil. |
| True Born African | U-Roy | 1991 | Album |
| Baby Come Back / Version | U-Roy / Sly & Robbie | 1991 | Album |
| Three From The Frontline | U-Roy | 1991 | Album |
| Version Of Wisdom | U-Roy | 1990 | Compil. |
| Keep On Learning | U-Roy | 1990 | Album |
| Reggae - Three From The Frontline | U-Roy, Culture, The Gladiators | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Originator | U-Roy | 1990 | Compil. |
| Music Addict | U-Roy | 1987 | Single |
| Line Up And Come | U-Roy | 1986 | Album |
| Jah Call You / Great Stone | U-Roy / Horace Ferguson | 1985 | Album |
| Ghostbusters, Long Live The King / Everybody Get Ready | Early B, Captain Sinbad / U-Roy | 1985 | Album |
| Jah Jah Call You | U-Roy | 1984 | Single |
| Crucial Cuts | U-Roy | 1983 | Compil. |
| Peace & Love In The Ghetto / Quiet Place | U-Roy / Ken Boothe | 1982 | Album |
| Hustling Take Over | U-Roy | 1982 | Album |
| The Tide Is High | The Paragons / U-Roy | 1980 | Single |
| Love Is Not A Gamble | U-Roy | 1980 | Album |
| Jah Son Of Africa | U-Roy | 1978 | Album |
| Live At The Lyceum | U-Roy | 1978 | Album |
| River Of Babylon / Babylon River | Brent Dowe / U-Roy | 1977 | Album |
| Rasta Ambassador | U-Roy | 1977 | Album |
| Small Axe | U-Roy | 1977 | Album |
| Dubbing To The King In A Higher Rank | U-Roy | 1977 | Album |
| Johnny Reggae | Big Youth / U-Roy | 1977 | Single |
| The Originator | Nuroy & U-Roy | 1976 | Album |
| Nana Banana | U-Roy | 1976 | Single |
| African Roots | U-Roy | 1976 | Album |
| Natty Rebel | U-Roy | 1976 | Album |
| Natty Rebel | U-Roy | 1976 | Single |
| Joyful Locks / Dub With I | U-Roy / King Tubby | 1976 | Single |
| Merry Go Round | U-Roy | 1976 | Single |
| Natty Rebel | U-Roy | 1976 | Single |
| Say You / Natty In The Country | Naggo Morris / U-Roy | 1976 | Album |
| No More Tribalism / I And I Stand Firm | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Just Be Jolly | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Dread Locks Dread / Getti Getti No Want It | U-Roy / Barrington Spence | 1975 | Single |
| 354 | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Penny For Your Dub / Your Dub Version | U-Roy / The Chariot Riders | 1975 | Single |
| Hurt So Good | Susan Cadogan & U-Roy | 1975 | Album |
| Runaway Girl / Chalice In The Palace | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Joyful Locks / Dub With I | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Battle Of The Giant | Big Youth - U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Gorgan Wise / Grounation | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Dread In A Babylon | U-Roy | 1975 | Album |
| Jump For Joy | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| The Right To Live / Movering | U-Roy / Strihev All Stars | 1975 | Single |
| Version Of Creation | U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Give Thanks Continually / Straight To The Observeror's Head | U-Roy / Augustus Pablo | 1975 | Single |
| Train From The West | U-Roy | 1974 | Single |
| Down Deh | U-Roy | 1974 | Single |
| Number One In The World | U-Roy | 1974 | Single |
| Train From The West / In Bound Train | U-Roy / Ansel Collins Meets Niney The Observer | 1974 | Single |
| U. Roy | U-Roy | 1974 | Album |
| The Higher The Mountain | U-Roy And Errol Dunkley | 1973 | Single |
| Hard Feeling | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| King Tubby's Special | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| Call On I. / D. J. Special | U-Roy & Delroy Wilson | 1973 | Single |
| Treasure Isle Skank / Words Of Wisdom | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| 006 / Get Together | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| Regular Style | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| Hat Trick | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| High Priest | U-Roy | 1973 | Single |
| Flashing My Whip / Mr. Fire Coal Man | U-Roy / The Classics | 1972 | Single |
| Rock To The Beat / Love Is Not A Gamble | U-Roy / Dennis Alcapone | 1972 | Single |
| Festival Wise | U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Nanny Scank | U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Black Heart (aka Officially) | U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Mr Parker's Daughter / On Top Of The Peak | Sir Harry / U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Tropical Land / Love I Bring | The Melodians / U-Roy And Slim Smith | 1972 | Single |
| Lean On Me / Black Heart | B.B. Seaton / U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Black Heart / At The End | U-Roy / Lloyd Charmers | 1972 | Single |
| Where Is The Love / Wet Version | Horace Andy, U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| On Top Of The Peak / Rack-A-Tack (Version) | U-Roy / The Typhoon All Stars | 1972 | Single |
| The Other Half | U-Roy & Dennis Brown | 1972 | Single |
| Linger You Linger | U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Be My Guest / Way Down In The South | Billy Dice / U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| You Keep On Running | Delroy Wilson & U-Roy | 1972 | Single |
| Rhythm Train / Medley Train | Ken Boothe & U-Roy / The Now Generation | 1972 | Single |
| Love I Bring | U-Roy & Slim Smith | 1971 | Single |
| Earthquake / Suspicious Minds | U-Roy / Mahalia Saunders | 1971 | Single |
| Behold / Way Back Home | U-Roy With Tommy McCook | 1971 | Single |
| Dreamland | U-Roy | 1971 | Single |
| Earthquake / Dark Moon | U-Roy / The Upsetters | 1971 | Single |
| Tom Drunk / Mabrouk | Hopeton Lewis & U-Roy With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | 1971 | Single |
| Behold / Way Back Home | U-Roy And Tommy McCook | 1971 | Single |
| Testify / Super Soul | U-Roy / Tommy McCook | 1970 | Single |
| Wear You To The Ball / The Ball | U-Roy & John Holt With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics / Earl "Wire" Lindo | 1970 | Single |
| Be A Man / Shock Attack | The Heptones / U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| Version Galore / Nehru | U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| Shock Attack / I Can Feel It | Owen Gray & U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| Whisper A Little Prayer / Rain A Fall | U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| I Can't Lose / Single Barrel | U-Roy / Tommy McCook | 1970 | Single |
| Scandal / Sound Of The Wise | U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| When The Lights Are Low / Love I Tender | Joya Landis / U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| For Our Desire | U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| Drink And Gamble / King Of The Road | Freddie McGregor / Lennox Brown And U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| 1,000 Tons Of Version / Wake The Nation | Jeff Barnes & U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| Single Barrell / I Can't Lose | Tommy McCook / U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| This Station Rule The Nation / Angle- Lala | U-Roy / Nora Dean | 1970 | Single |
| Double Attack / Puzzle | U-Roy / Murphy Allstars | 1970 | Single |
| Version Galore | U-Roy | 1970 | Album |
| Dance Crasher / Things You Love | Alton Ellis / U-Roy | 1970 | Single |
| Love Kiss Blue / Scandal | Johnny Moore / U-Roy | 1969 | Single |
| Dynamic Fashion | U-Roy | 1969 | Single |
| Blown Away / Non Violence | The Hippy Boys, U-Roy | 1969 | Single |
| Dynamic Fashion Way / Shades Of Hudson | U-Roy / Dennis Alcapone | 1969 | Single |
| Rightful Ruler / The Drums Prayer | U-Roy & Peter Tosh & The Upsetters | 1969 | Single |
| You Send Me | Alton Ellis / U-Roy | Single | |
| You Told Me You Loved Me | Tony Tuff / Gregory Isaacs & U-Roy | Single | |
| One For All | John Holt, U-Roy | Single | |
| Make Love Not War / Freedom Train | U-Roy & The Heptones | Single | |
| The Tide Is High / Step It Out A Yard / Prince Tony Disco Mix / Black Saturday | Gregory Isaacs / U-Roy / The Revolutionaries / The Gladiators | Album | |
| I Feel Good | U-Roy | Single | |
| Walk With Jah | Culture, U-Roy | Single | |
| To Be A Lover / Never Get Away | Delroy Wilson / U-Roy | Album | |
| Songs My Mother Used To Sing / Linger Your Linger | Dennis Brown / U-Roy | Single | |
| The Hudson Affair / Bongo Riot | U-Roy / The Soul Syndicate | Single | |
| True True True / On The Beach | U-Roy | Single | |
| Please Be True | U-Roy & Helen Lindsay | Single | |
| Wear You To The Ball / Wear You To The Dance | The Paragons feat. Mr. Vegas, Rayvon, U-Roy & Channel Live / Brother Culture | Single | |
| 3 5 4 | U-Roy | Single | |
| Rats & Cats | U-Roy | Single | |
| The King At The Control | U-Roy | Album | |
| Give Thanks For Life / Love | Tony Curtis & U-Roy / Screechie Joe | Single | |
| Everybody Get Ready | U-Roy | Single | |
| Aint That Loving You / Every Body Bawling | Alton Ellis & U-Roy With Tommy McCook / The Melodians | Single | |
| Dance With Me / Rock With I | Tommy McCook / U-Roy | Single | |
| Hustlers Taking Over | U-Roy | Album | |
| Wet Vision / Pleasant Dream | U-Roy / Glen Adams | Single | |
| Gorgonwise / Kojak | U-Roy / Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis | Single | |
| Bad Boys / Everybody Get Ready | Tristan Palmer / U-Roy | Single | |
| Everybody Bawling / Everybody Bawling | The Melodians / U-Roy | Single | |
| Gorgonwise / Kojak | U-Roy, Tommy McCook, Bobby Ellis | Single | |
| Walk With Jah | Culture, U-Roy | Single | |
| Testify / Ain't That Loving You | Hopeton Lewis / U-Roy & Alton Ellis | Single | |
| Reggae Live Sessions Volume 1 | U-Roy | Album | |
| Platinum | U-Roy | Album | |
| Brother Toby Is A Movie From London/Number One In The World | I-Roy, U-Roy | Single | |
| Nana Banana | U-Roy | Single | |
| Know Yourself | U-Roy Feat Ernest Wilson | Single | |
| Material Things | Max Romeo & U-Roy | Single | |
| Happy Go Lucky Girl / Hot Pop | U-Roy | Single | |
| Resistance | Beres Hammond, U-Roy | Album | |
| My Girl | The Techniques / U-Roy | Single | |
| Gorgan / Better Collie / Gorgan Wise | Cornell Campbell / Horace Andy / U-Roy | Album | |
| Tom Drunk / Angie La La | U-Roy / Nora Dean | Single | |
| Shocks Of Mighty / Earth Quake | The Upsetters / U-Roy | Single | |
| The Seven Gold | U-Roy | Album | |
| Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks / Joyfull Locks | Linval Thompson / U-Roy | Single | |
| Dynamic Fashion Way / Spanish Omega | U-Roy / Dennis Alcapone | Single | |
| Heavy Duty Festival / More Festival | U-Roy / The Aggrovators | Single | |
| Kingston 12 Shuffle | U-Roy & Bob Marley | Single | |
| African Soldier | U-Roy | Album | |
| Yama - Khy | U-Roy & The Children | Single | |
| 006 / No Body Knows | U-Roy | Single | |
| I´ficially / King Tubbys Special | U-Roy | Single | |
| Stur-Gav / Downbeat | U-Roy, King Stur Gav Hi-Fi, Brigadier Jerry, Dodie Irie | Album | |
| Don't Cut Your Dreadlocks / Dub With Me | U-Roy | Single | |
| True Born African / Bengali Skank | U-Roy / Mad Professor | Album | |
| Don't Take Away | Kotch & U-Roy | Single | |
| Real Cool / Version | U-Roy / The Sunshot All Stars | Single | |
| Natural Lady / Everybody Get Ready | Sammy Dread / U-Roy | Single | |
| Wear You To The Ball | U-Roy, John Holt, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| Black Magic Woman / Sweat For You Baby | Dennis Brown, Big Youth / Leroy Sibbles And The Heptones, U-Roy | Album | |
| Nobody's Business / Every Knee Shall Bough | Johnny Clarke, U-Roy | Album | |
| Black Heart / What Can I Do | U-Roy / Lloyd Charmers | Single | |
| OK Corral / Move And Groove | U-Roy / Count Sticky | Single | |
| Foundation Scank | U-Roy | Single | |
| Musical Addick | U-Roy | Single | |
| Never Get Away | U-Roy | Single | |
| Ain't No Love | U-Roy | Single | |
| Impossible | U-Roy | Single | |
| Dreamland / Moving On | U-Roy & The Upsetters / Big Youth | Single | |
| Wake The Nation / Canon | U-Roy / Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis | Single | |
| If You Don't Mind / Righteous Ruler | The Gaylads / U-Roy & Peter Tosh | Single | |
| Peace & Love | The Jamaicans / U-Roy | Single | |
| Don't Believe In Him / King Tubby's Skank | Gregory Isaacs / U-Roy | Single | |
| Hot Trick / Straight To Big Youth Head | U-Roy | Single | |
| Carolyn / Nana Banana | U-Roy | Album | |
| Flashing My Whip | U-Roy | Compil. | |
| Love's Taken Over | U-Roy | Album | |
| Fisherman Style | U-Roy | Single | |
| Tide Is High | Gregory Isaacs / U-Roy | Single | |
| Run Run / I'm Still In Love | Rod Taylor / U-Roy / Alton Ellis | Single | |
| The Hudson Affair / Hot Stick Version | U-Roy / Samuel The First | Single | |
| Double Six / Stick Together | U-Roy | Single | |
| You Will Never Get Away / Rockaway | U-Roy / Tommy McCook Quintet | Single | |
| My Girl | The Techniques & U-Roy | Single | |
| Do It Right / Flashing My Whip | U-Roy With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| Wake The Town / Big Boy & Teacher | U-Roy With Winston Wright & Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| "U" Roy Special | U-Roy | Single | |
| Jump For Joy | U-Roy / The Aggrovators | Single | |
| Gorgon / Gorgonwise | Cornell Campbell / U-Roy | Single | |
| The Reggae Masters | U-Roy | Compil. | |
| The Right To Live | U-Roy | Single | |
| Drive Her Home / Stampede | U-Roy & Hopeton Lewis / Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Single | |
| Trench Town Rock / Bongo Rock | The Wailers & U-Roy | Single | |
| Hustling | U-Roy | Single |
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