SAN DIEGO -
June 15, 2015 -
PRLog -- Palma was born in 1962 and grew up in the Waltham Park area of Kingston, and decided from an early age that he wanted to be a singer.He began by singing to the accompaniment of Soul Syndicate (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Soul_Syndicate)
guitarist (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Guitar)
Tony Chin (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Tony_Chin)
. His first recording was "Love Is A Message" for producer Bunny Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Bunny_Lee)
when he was eight years old, which was followed by "A-Class Girl" for the Black Solidarity label, which was co-run by Palma and Ossie Thomas.
Palma made a major breakthrough with his performance in 1979 at the General Penitentiary Memorial Concert for Claudie Massop (http://en.wikipedia.org/
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title=Claudie_
Massop&action=
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1), which also featured Bob Marley (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Bob_Marley)
. At one point in the early 1980s, Palma had nine songs in Jamaica's Top 40. They included his biggest career hit, the dancehall influenced "Entertainment"
produced by Nkrumah Jah Thomas (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Thomas) and using a reworking of the rhythm from Vin Gordon's “Heavenless"
.Palma became a popular artist in the "singjay (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singjay)" style in the early 1980s. Enjoying further successes with Jah Thomas including: "Water Bubbling", "Spliff Tail", "Raving", "Touch Me, Take Me" and "Run Around Woman”.
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