Beverley Kelso

Beverley Kelso
Born April 1948
Kingston, Jamaica
Genres Ska
Years active 1963–1965
Labels Studio One
Associated acts The Wailers

Beverley Kelso (born April 1948)[1] is a Jamaican singer best known as an early member of The Wailers.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she attended Miss Nembhard Preparatory School and Denham Town Primary School in Kingston.[1]

She was a backing vocalist, and one of the founding members of The Wailers (between 1963 and 1965).[2] According to Kelso, she sang on 25 tracks by the group, the last in late 1965.[1]

Kelso emigrated to the United States in 1979.[3]

The death of Junior Braithwaite in 1999 and the death of Cherry Smith in 2008 left Kelso and Bunny Wailer as the only surviving founding members of the Wailers.[4]

In 2012 she stated that she was planning to write a book about her time in The Wailers.[3] She now lives in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Beverley Kelso Gives The Wailers A Sound", Jamaica Gleaner, 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014
  2. Moskowitz, David (2007). The Words and Music of Bob Marley. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-98935-6.
  3. 1 2 Walters, Basil (2012) "Kelso says It Hurts To Be Alone", Jamaica Observer, 5 August 2012, retrieved 6 August 2012
  4. "Original Wailer Junior Braithwaite Murdered In Jamaica". Yahoo! Music. 4 June 1999. Retrieved 2010-01-21.


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