Wayne Wade

Wayne Wade

Wayne Wade (born 19 March 1959) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician.

Biography
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Wade attended Excelsior High School from 1972 to 1976. His career began in the mid-1970s, working with Yabby You, 1976's "Black Is Our Colour" immediately achieving success in Jamaica. His debut album, Black Is Our Colour was released in 1976, and was followed by further hits with cover versions of The Paragons' "Happy Go Lucky Girl" and "On The Beach". This was followed by further albums Evil Woman (1978), Dancing Time, and Fire Fire (both 1979), before Wade moved on to work with Dillinger, recording "Five Man Army" together with Dillinger, The Tamlins, Al Campbell, and Trinity. He recorded for Joe Gibbs, hitting the UK reggae chart in 1980 with "After You" and "Natty Contractor". In 1981, Wade worked with Linval Thompson, releasing a string of singles including "Round The World", "Tell Me What's Going On", "Poor and Humble", and "Down in Iran". He then emigrated to The Netherlands, and signed a deal with Epic Records. He scored a hit in 1992 with "Love You Too Much" In 2011, Wade performed at the One Love Peace Festival in London with other artists including Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes, Shaggy, Gyptian, Aswad, Third World, Etana, King Sounds and John Holt. Wade currently resides in Miami, Florida, and continues to perform, record and release records.

Discography (6)

Artist Album Release Type Label Rec Rel
Black Is Our Colour Wayne Wade Black Is Our Colour GUSSIE 3575 LP Prophet 1976
Dancing Time Wayne Wade Dancing Time GMLP 3 LP Grove Music 1978 1978
Evil Woman Wayne Wade Evil Woman none LP Prophet 1978 1978
Fire Fire Wayne Wade Fire Fire DSI 125A/B LP Prophet 1979 1979
Poor And Humble Wayne Wade Poor And Humble LL LP 2 LP Live & Learn 1982 1982
Prophecy Yabby U & Michael Prophet & Wayne Wade Prophecy YVJ009CD CD Yabby U 1982

Credits & Appearances (4)

Musicians
Backing Vocals 2
Artist Album Release Type Label Rec Rel
Revealed J.C. Lodge Revealed RAS 3010 LP RAS 1984 1985
Country Reggae, Reggae Country Cynthia Schloss Country Reggae, Reggae Country JWLP 03 LP J&W 1985 1985
Vocals 2
Artist Album Release Type Label Rec Rel
Dancing Time Wayne Wade Dancing Time GMLP 3 LP Grove Music 1978 1978
Prophecy Yabby U & Michael Prophet & Wayne Wade Prophecy YULP 002 LP WLN 1982 1982

Also Appears On (16)

6 albums
4 credits
7 labels
1976 - 1985