John Holt

500 Volts of Dub John Holt

John Holt carries one of the finest and most versatile voices to come out of Jamaica. Whether it is fronting the great vocal group The Paragons who he joined around 1965, replacing Leroy Stamp and singing many of their greatest hits including 'Tide Is High ','On The Beach', 'Wear You To The Ball' to name but a few or from his extensive solo career. Which saw him covering every musical field from Pop, Lovers, Soul and his much overlooked Roots period. * John Holt (b 1947, Kingston, Jamaica ) was a child prodigy he began his career being a regular voice on the talent contests run by Vera Johns across the Jamaican Island. He cut his first single in 1963 for Leslie Kong's Beverleys' label,'I Cried A Tear / Forever I'll Stay' and sang many duets with various singers of the day including 'Rum Bumper' with Alton Ellis. 1965 to 1970 was John Holt's Paragon years in a period which he also ran solo with hits such as 'Fancy Make Up' 'A Love I Can Feel and ' Let's Build Our Dreams'. The early to mid 70's saw Holt having another wave of hits working