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==Early years==
==Early years==


The Fabulous Five Inc. were initially a showband supporting various singers in Jamaica<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabulous-five-inc-mn0000901822/biography</ref>. Their first recording was "Come Back And Stay". It was a number one song in Jamaica. In their first three years on the road, they won the Swing Awards for best band of 1971‑72, 1972‑73 and 1973‑74. They also took the El Suzie Award as Joint Top Road and Dance Band for 1975‑76 and the RJR Listeners' Award for Best Band in 1980.
The Fabulous Five Inc. were initially a showband supporting various singers in Jamaica.<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabulous-five-inc-mn0000901822/biography</ref> Their first recording was "Come Back And Stay". It was a number one song in Jamaica. In their first three years on the road, they won the Swing Awards for best band of 1971‑72, 1972‑73 and 1973‑74. They also took the El Suzie Award as Joint Top Road and Dance Band for 1975‑76 and the RJR Listeners' Award for Best Band in 1980.


They backed [[Johnny Nash]] on all the reggae cuts comprising most of his platinum album ''[[I Can See Clearly Now]].''
They backed [[Johnny Nash]] on all the reggae cuts comprising most of his platinum album ''[[I Can See Clearly Now]].''


Fab 5 have enjoyed an endless succession of hits in Jamaica and the markets of [[North America]]. In their early years, such songs as "Chirpy Cheep", "Shaving Cream", "Oh, Dad" and "Love Me For A Reason" made Fab 5 popular on the dance and show circuits.
Fab 5 have enjoyed an endless succession of hits in Jamaica and the markets of [[North America]]. In their early years, such songs as "Chirpy Cheep", "Shaving Cream", "Oh, Dad" and "Love Me For A Reason" made Fab 5 popular on the dance and show circuits.


Since then, they have released "Yu Safe", "Ring Road Jam", "Feeling Horny", "Computer Mad", "What The Police High Command Can Do", "Jamaican Woman", "Psalms", "All Night Party", "Mini", "Sweat", "Don't Wear None", "Freeze", "Good Buddy", "Mango" and their "Live" series.
Since then, they have released "Yu Safe", "Ring Road Jam", "Feeling Horny", "Computer Mad", "What The Police High Command Can Do", "Jamaican Woman", "Psalms", "All Night Party", "Mini", "Sweat", "Don't Wear None", "Freeze", "Good Buddy", "Mango" and their "Live" series.
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Their 26 albums and first box set have been as successful as their singles, and their multi‑award-winning [[Soca music|soca]] album ''Yu Safe'' was the most popular album produced in Jamaica in the decade of the 1980's. A [[Compact disc|CD]] of some of their biggest hits '<nowiki/>''Fab 5 Greatest Hits''<nowiki/>' has been released along with five more recent CD albums '<nowiki/>''Good Buddy','' the successful ''Fab 5 'Live-The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix Part 1''' and the equally successful follow-ups of that ''Part 2'', ''Part 3'', ''Part 4.'' They also released a Box Set that includes all four discs of 'The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party mix' collection. Their soca smash "Shape" is still very popular and the band’s versatility is expressed in “Dugu-Dugu”, their all-reggae release, and the preceding all-ska album ''Ska Time''. The late noted musician and journalist [[Sonny Bradshaw]] said Fab 5 are the only Jamaican band still playing authentic ska. The 2012 release from the band, a live tribute to Jamaica 50, ''50 Years of Jamaican Music 1962-2012'', sold quickly.
Their 26 albums and first box set have been as successful as their singles, and their multi‑award-winning [[Soca music|soca]] album ''Yu Safe'' was the most popular album produced in Jamaica in the decade of the 1980's. A [[Compact disc|CD]] of some of their biggest hits '<nowiki/>''Fab 5 Greatest Hits''<nowiki/>' has been released along with five more recent CD albums '<nowiki/>''Good Buddy','' the successful ''Fab 5 'Live-The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix Part 1''' and the equally successful follow-ups of that ''Part 2'', ''Part 3'', ''Part 4.'' They also released a Box Set that includes all four discs of 'The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party mix' collection. Their soca smash "Shape" is still very popular and the band’s versatility is expressed in “Dugu-Dugu”, their all-reggae release, and the preceding all-ska album ''Ska Time''. The late noted musician and journalist [[Sonny Bradshaw]] said Fab 5 are the only Jamaican band still playing authentic ska. The 2012 release from the band, a live tribute to Jamaica 50, ''50 Years of Jamaican Music 1962-2012'', sold quickly.


The Fab 5 are still in great demand, not only for concerts and dances, but also in the studio where they are a leading creator of commercial jingles for [[radio]] and [[television]]. They have earned prestigious awards, including four [[Golden Microphone|Golden Microphones]]. They have their own recording studio (Stage Studio), record label, and distribution company (Stage Records).They have been the chosen band for almost every national and state occasion since the mid-1970's. In 2003 Fab 5 received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in The Performing Arts for its services to [[Jamaican music]]. In 2015 they were given an award for their contribution to Jamaican music by the JCDC (Jamaica Cultural Development Commission).
The Fab 5 are still in great demand, not only for concerts and dances, but also in the studio where they are a leading creator of commercial jingles for [[radio]] and [[television]]. They have earned prestigious awards, including four [[Golden Microphone]]s. They have their own recording studio (Stage Studio), record label, and distribution company (Stage Records).They have been the chosen band for almost every national and state occasion since the mid-1970's. In 2003 Fab 5 received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in The Performing Arts for its services to [[Jamaican music]]. In 2015 they were given an award for their contribution to Jamaican music by the JCDC (Jamaica Cultural Development Commission).


They have taken their brand of [[Jamaican music]] all over the world. They have shared bandstands with many of the famous names of modern popular music, including: [[Ray Charles]]; [[Dizzy Gillespie]]; [[Grateful Dead|the Grateful Dead]]; [[Rick James]]; [[Linda Ronstadt]]; [[the Neville Brothers]]; [[Roberta Flack]]; [[Fats Domino]]; [[Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul & Mary]]; [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]; [[The Chi-Lites|The Chi‑Lites]]; [[Skeeter Davis]] (with whom they were working on a recording project at the time of her death); [[the Drifters]]; [[Miriam Makeba]]; [[Bob Marley]]; [[Jimmy Cliff]]; [[Chuck Jackson]]; [[Mighty Sparrow|The Mighty Sparrow]]; [[Aretha Franklin]]; [[Gladys Knight]]; [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes]]; [[Jerry Butler]]; [[the Manhattans]]; [[Ray, Goodman & Brown|Ray Goodman & Brown]]; and [[The Delfonics|the Delphonics]]. They have performed at the [[Kool Jazz Festival]], the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival|New Orleans Jazz Festival]], at Japansplash, and have entertained a live audience of one million at an anti‑nuclear concert in New York's [[Central Park]].
They have taken their brand of [[Jamaican music]] all over the world. They have shared bandstands with many of the famous names of modern popular music, including: [[Ray Charles]]; [[Dizzy Gillespie]]; [[Grateful Dead|the Grateful Dead]]; [[Rick James]]; [[Linda Ronstadt]]; [[the Neville Brothers]]; [[Roberta Flack]]; [[Fats Domino]]; [[Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul & Mary]]; [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]; [[The Chi-Lites|The Chi‑Lites]]; [[Skeeter Davis]] (with whom they were working on a recording project at the time of her death); [[the Drifters]]; [[Miriam Makeba]]; [[Bob Marley]]; [[Jimmy Cliff]]; [[Chuck Jackson]]; [[Mighty Sparrow|The Mighty Sparrow]]; [[Aretha Franklin]]; [[Gladys Knight]]; [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes]]; [[Jerry Butler]]; [[the Manhattans]]; [[Ray, Goodman & Brown|Ray Goodman & Brown]]; and [[The Delfonics|the Delphonics]]. They have performed at the [[Kool Jazz Festival]], the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival|New Orleans Jazz Festival]], at Japansplash, and have entertained a live audience of one million at an anti‑nuclear concert in New York's [[Central Park]].


They have developed songs not only with the [[music of Jamaica]], but also with their own compositions of soca, the music of the [[Eastern Caribbean]]. At different times, and in diverse settings, they have performed [[Soul music|soul]], [[Funk|funky]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]], [[disco]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], and [[classical music]]. Their album, made with other Stage Records artists, ''Christmas In the Sun'' is the most successful [[Christmas]] album by a Jamaican entity and the 2002 follow-up "Fab 5 – A Jamaican Christmas Gift" has proved just as popular.
They have developed songs not only with the [[music of Jamaica]], but also with their own compositions of soca, the music of the [[Eastern Caribbean]]. At different times, and in diverse settings, they have performed [[Soul music|soul]], [[funk]]y, [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]], [[disco]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], and [[classical music]]. Their album, made with other Stage Records artists, ''Christmas In the Sun'' is the most successful [[Christmas]] album by a Jamaican entity and the 2002 follow-up "Fab 5 – A Jamaican Christmas Gift" has proved just as popular.


They have won the Jamaican Awards for show and dance bands, and demonstrated their talents at the Jamaica Band Festival at the Wyndham New Kingston in December 1987. Their collection of major awards includes 29 between 1986 and 1996, from all principal sources: the JBC, RJR, ''[[The Daily Gleaner]]'', ''The Star'', Rockers, the Jamaica Music Industry (JAMI), the Jamaica Federation of Musicians (JFM), the most recent being the 1995 Rockers Award for Best Band, the 1996 award for Best Group (Instrumental) at the Jamaica Music Awards, a 1999 Tamika Award, the 2000-2002 JFM Best Show Band Awards, The Reggae Soca Awards Best Soca Band 2002-2003, a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from [[Reggae Sumfest]], and a 2012 JaRIA Honours Award.
They have won the Jamaican Awards for show and dance bands, and demonstrated their talents at the Jamaica Band Festival at the Wyndham New Kingston in December 1987. Their collection of major awards includes 29 between 1986 and 1996, from all principal sources: the JBC, RJR, ''[[The Daily Gleaner]]'', ''The Star'', Rockers, the Jamaica Music Industry (JAMI), the Jamaica Federation of Musicians (JFM), the most recent being the 1995 Rockers Award for Best Band, the 1996 award for Best Group (Instrumental) at the Jamaica Music Awards, a 1999 Tamika Award, the 2000-2002 JFM Best Show Band Awards, The Reggae Soca Awards Best Soca Band 2002-2003, a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from [[Reggae Sumfest]], and a 2012 JaRIA Honours Award.
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* "Good Buddy"
* "Good Buddy"
* "Mango"
* "Mango"
**"Glory Hallelujah"
**"Glory Hallelujah"


===Albums===
===Albums===
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabulous-five-inc-mn0000901822/biography
* http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabulous-five-inc-mn0000901822/biography


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Fabulous Five Inc.
Also known asFabulous Five, Fab Five Inc., Fabulous 5 Inc., Fab 5, Fab Five
Genresreggae, roots reggae, soca
Years active1970 (1970)–present
LabelsTrojan, Jaywax
MembersGrub Cooper
Websitewww.fab5inc.com

The Fabulous Five Inc. (Fab 5) is a reggae and soca band formed in Jamaica in the late 1960's. Over a 45-year career, they have released 26 albums, had numerous Number 1 hits in Jamaica, and were the featured musicians Johnny Nash on the track I Can See Clearly Now.[1]

They were voted the top band for three consecutive years by Swing magazine.

Early years

The Fabulous Five Inc. were initially a showband supporting various singers in Jamaica.[2] Their first recording was "Come Back And Stay". It was a number one song in Jamaica. In their first three years on the road, they won the Swing Awards for best band of 1971‑72, 1972‑73 and 1973‑74. They also took the El Suzie Award as Joint Top Road and Dance Band for 1975‑76 and the RJR Listeners' Award for Best Band in 1980.

They backed Johnny Nash on all the reggae cuts comprising most of his platinum album I Can See Clearly Now.

Fab 5 have enjoyed an endless succession of hits in Jamaica and the markets of North America. In their early years, such songs as "Chirpy Cheep", "Shaving Cream", "Oh, Dad" and "Love Me For A Reason" made Fab 5 popular on the dance and show circuits.

Since then, they have released "Yu Safe", "Ring Road Jam", "Feeling Horny", "Computer Mad", "What The Police High Command Can Do", "Jamaican Woman", "Psalms", "All Night Party", "Mini", "Sweat", "Don't Wear None", "Freeze", "Good Buddy", "Mango" and their "Live" series.

Their 26 albums and first box set have been as successful as their singles, and their multi‑award-winning soca album Yu Safe was the most popular album produced in Jamaica in the decade of the 1980's. A CD of some of their biggest hits 'Fab 5 Greatest Hits' has been released along with five more recent CD albums 'Good Buddy', the successful Fab 5 'Live-The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix Part 1' and the equally successful follow-ups of that Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. They also released a Box Set that includes all four discs of 'The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party mix' collection. Their soca smash "Shape" is still very popular and the band’s versatility is expressed in “Dugu-Dugu”, their all-reggae release, and the preceding all-ska album Ska Time. The late noted musician and journalist Sonny Bradshaw said Fab 5 are the only Jamaican band still playing authentic ska. The 2012 release from the band, a live tribute to Jamaica 50, 50 Years of Jamaican Music 1962-2012, sold quickly.

The Fab 5 are still in great demand, not only for concerts and dances, but also in the studio where they are a leading creator of commercial jingles for radio and television. They have earned prestigious awards, including four Golden Microphones. They have their own recording studio (Stage Studio), record label, and distribution company (Stage Records).They have been the chosen band for almost every national and state occasion since the mid-1970's. In 2003 Fab 5 received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in The Performing Arts for its services to Jamaican music. In 2015 they were given an award for their contribution to Jamaican music by the JCDC (Jamaica Cultural Development Commission).

They have taken their brand of Jamaican music all over the world. They have shared bandstands with many of the famous names of modern popular music, including: Ray Charles; Dizzy Gillespie; the Grateful Dead; Rick James; Linda Ronstadt; the Neville Brothers; Roberta Flack; Fats Domino; Peter, Paul & Mary; Joe Jackson; The Chi‑Lites; Skeeter Davis (with whom they were working on a recording project at the time of her death); the Drifters; Miriam Makeba; Bob Marley; Jimmy Cliff; Chuck Jackson; The Mighty Sparrow; Aretha Franklin; Gladys Knight; Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes; Jerry Butler; the Manhattans; Ray Goodman & Brown; and the Delphonics. They have performed at the Kool Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, at Japansplash, and have entertained a live audience of one million at an anti‑nuclear concert in New York's Central Park.

They have developed songs not only with the music of Jamaica, but also with their own compositions of soca, the music of the Eastern Caribbean. At different times, and in diverse settings, they have performed soul, funky, rock, jazz, disco, gospel, and classical music. Their album, made with other Stage Records artists, Christmas In the Sun is the most successful Christmas album by a Jamaican entity and the 2002 follow-up "Fab 5 – A Jamaican Christmas Gift" has proved just as popular.

They have won the Jamaican Awards for show and dance bands, and demonstrated their talents at the Jamaica Band Festival at the Wyndham New Kingston in December 1987. Their collection of major awards includes 29 between 1986 and 1996, from all principal sources: the JBC, RJR, The Daily Gleaner, The Star, Rockers, the Jamaica Music Industry (JAMI), the Jamaica Federation of Musicians (JFM), the most recent being the 1995 Rockers Award for Best Band, the 1996 award for Best Group (Instrumental) at the Jamaica Music Awards, a 1999 Tamika Award, the 2000-2002 JFM Best Show Band Awards, The Reggae Soca Awards Best Soca Band 2002-2003, a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from Reggae Sumfest, and a 2012 JaRIA Honours Award.

The group has also won several international awards, including the 1996 awards for Best Album and Best Single (both won for "Good Buddy") at the Miami Reggae/Soca Awards, and the 1999 "Best International Reggae Album" award at the Canadian Reggae Music Awards for Fab 5 Live - The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix ... Part 1. Fab 5 has also won the "Best Soca Album" award at the Reggaesoca Awards in Miami for their 1999 album Shape, thus making them the first group in history to win best album awards for reggae and soca in the same year. The band's musical director Grub Cooper's CD has won numerous awards, including the Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD) 2006 (a national award of the Government of Jamaica), and a special honor award from the JFM (1988) for his contribution to the development of Jamaican music. He has also been Jamaica's leading theater musician for more than three decades and a major producer of gospel music. Frankie Campbell – has also received the prestigious OD making Fab 5 the only current Jamaican dance/show/backing band with two such awardees. Fab 5 have also been actively involved in keeping Jamaican music alive, with major representation on the boards of JARIA (Jamaica Reggae Industry Association) (RIAJAM) and the Jamaican Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA). The band also works with many charitable organizations.

Dedication, integrity and discipline are the hallmarks of Fab 5, who have earned and retained the respect of the music industry, critics and general public over the past 45 years. In July 2011 their performance at the renowned “Celebrate Brooklyn” festival drew sustained applause for over 5 minutes and their performances at the Irie Fest in Toronto during Caribana have become legendary.

Fab 5’s most recent project, 2015's Face to Face, is an album of joint performances between the band and high-profile collaborators including Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths, Queen Ifrica, Mr Vegas, Lust, Tarrus Riley and Gem Myers.

Members

The band consists of manager Frankie Campbell (bass); Harold (Jr) Bailey (guitar, flute, saxophone, and now part-time sound engineer); musical director Grub Cooper (drums and lead vocals); Sidney Thorpe (keyboards); Donovan Lee Palmer (keyboards); Romeo Gray (trombone); Andre Palmer (trumpet); Andrew Cassanova (vocals) ; and Cleveland Manderson (guitar and vocals) who has been working with the Unique Vision for more than 27 years. Other people perform from time to time as part of the wider Stage Records family.

Selected discography

Singles

  • "Come Back and Stay"
  • "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep" (cover version)
  • "Oh Dad"
  • "Shaving Cream" (cover)
  • "Married Lady"
  • "Love Me For A Reason" (cover version)
  • "If I Could Read Your Mind"
  • "All I Want"
  • "Sweet P"
  • "Disco Pot"
  • "Asking For Love"
  • "Oo? Wa?"
  • "Yu Safe"
  • "Ring Road Jam"
  • "Feeling Horny"
  • "What The Police High Command Can Do"
  • "All Night Party"
  • "Jamaican Woman"
  • "Psalms"
  • "We Want Peace"
  • "Mini"
  • "Sweat"
  • "Don't Wear None"
  • "Freeze"
  • "Soca Train"
  • "Good Buddy"
  • "Mango"
    • "Glory Hallelujah"

Albums

  1. Fabulous Five Inc. (1973), New Dimension
  2. F F One (1975), Tit for Tat
  3. My Jamaican Girl (1976), Harry J
  4. Miles and Miles of Music (1985), Stage Records
  5. Yu Safe (1986)
  6. Jamaican Woman (1987)
  7. Stage Records Greatest Hits (1988), Various Artistes - Stage Records
  8. All Night Party (1989), Stage Records
  9. Mini (1990), Stage Records
  10. Christmas In The Sun (1990), Stage Crew (Various Artistes), Stage Records
  11. Don't Wear None (1993), Stage Records
  12. Good Buddy (1995), Stage Records
  13. Fab 5 Live – The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix, Part 1 (1998), Stage Records
  14. Shape (1999), Stage Records
  15. Dugu-Dugu (2000), Stage Records
  16. Fab 5 Live – The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix, Part 2 (2002), Stage Records
  17. Jamaica Soca Attack (2002), Various Artistes - Stage Records
  18. Back To Back (CD compilation of "Yu Safe" and "All Night Party") (2002), Stage Records
  19. Fab 5 Greatest Hits (2002), Stage Records
  20. Ska Time (2002) Stage Records
  21. A Jamaican Christmas Gift (2002), Stage Records
  22. Fab 5 Live – The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix, Part 3 (2004) ,Stage Records
  23. Fab 5 Live – The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix, Part 4 (2007), Stage Records
  24. Fab 5 Live – The Ultimate Vintage Jamaican Party Mix, BOX SET (Parts 1- 4) (2007), Stage Records
  25. Fab 5 & Friends Live: 1962-2012... 50 Years of Jamaican Music (2011), Stage Records
  26. Face to Face (Fab 5 Collabs) (2015) Stage Records

Awards

  • Swing Awards, best band of 1971-72, 1972–73 and 1973–74
  • El Suzie Award, Joint Top Road and Dance Band for 1975–76
  • RJR Listeners' Award, Best Band in 1980

References

  1. ^ "The Fabulous Five Inc.- Biography of the Band". 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabulous-five-inc-mn0000901822/biography
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