Artist's albums
The Uniques
1999 · album
Watch This Sound
1998 · album
Forever
1995 · album
Showcase, Vol. 1
1978 · EP
Show Case Volume 1
1978 · EP
Saturday
2021 · album
Just Wish it Would Rain
2019 · single
Big Bad Bass / Global Clash (Uniques Remixes)
2018 · single
I'm a Fool for You / Super Special
2018 · single
Little Boy Blue / I Can't Help It
2018 · single
Gypsy Woman / Never Let Me Go
2018 · single
Evil Bass
2017 · EP
The Aggrovators Present: The Uniques
2017 · EP
Lonely for Your Love
2014 · single
Fat Trap / Hidden Messages
2013 · single
Evil Love
2012 · single
My World / Gypsy Woman
2011 · single
Caltone Special / People Rocksteady
2011 · single
Facts of Life / Hey There Lonely Girl
2011 · single
Lessons Of Love / No Use To Cry
2011 · single
Place in the Sun / Trying to Find a Home
2011 · single
Absolutely Rock Steady
2011 · album
Absolutely
1968 · album
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Biography
The first version of the Uniques formed in 1966 when two members of the Techniques, Slim Smith and Franklyn White, joined with Roy Shirley to create a new group. The original lineup recorded a few ska sides for J.J. Johnson that year before disbanding, only to reform again almost immediately, this time with a front line of Smith, Lloyd Charmers, and Jimmy Riley (and occasionally Cornel Campbell). The reconstituted Uniques had a brief run from 1967 to 1969, recording several vocal trio classics with producer Bunny Lee, including two impressive covers (Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth," tracked as "Watch This Sound," and Curtis Mayfield's "Gypsy Woman") as well as their signature song, the brilliant "My Conversation." Led by Smith's high and emotional tenor, the Uniques represented, by many accounts, the pinnacle of Jamaica's harmony trio genre. The group folded in 1969, with each member pursuing a solo career. Smith's tragic death in 1973 ended any possibility of the group reuniting. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi