Roy Shirley (b. Roy Rushton Shirley, 18 July 1944, Kingston, Jamaica, d. 4 July 2008 in same town), also known as King Roy Shirley and The High Priest was a singer whose career spanned over the ska, rocksteady and reggae eras. His "Hold Them" 1966 is regarded by some in the reggae branch to be maybe the first recorded rocksteady song. He was also one of the original members of The Uniques 1966. Shirley grew up in Trench Town, and began his career performing in talent contests.
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Roy Shirley has had 1 concert.
Roy Shirley is most often considered to be Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady, Mod, Early Reggae, and Jamaica.
The last Roy Shirley concert was on June 22, 2008 at Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville, California, United States. The bands that performed were: "Sierra Nevada World Music Festival" / The English Beat / U-Roy / Cornell Campbell / Antidoping / Prezident Brown / Roy Shirley / Stranger Cole / Pat Kelly / The Expanders / Chris Murray Combo / Elhadji / Youssoupha Sidibe / Alika / Quinto Sol.
