Luciano
b. Jepther McClymont, Davey Town, Jamaica, West Indies. Luciano was one of the most promising new singer/songwriters to emerge in 1993. He began singing in his local parish church before assuming the name of Stepper John and migrating to Kingston in April 1992. There he voiced his debut tune for Herman Chin-Loy at Aquarius, then half an album with Pressley for Mau Mau producer Sky High. Homer Harris of Blue Mountain had by now changed McClymont's name to Luciano. His first Jamaican hit, Give My Love A Try, was for Castro Brown and a clutch of ballads and self-penned reality songs soon followed, initially for Brown's New Name label. Phillip Fatis Burrell produced his first two UK hits, Chant Out and Poor And Simple, in the summer of 1993 on Exterminator, and was later to release his debut solo album MOVING UP. Singles for Exterminator, Blacka Dread (Time Is The Master) and Sly And Robbie's Taxi label helped establish Luciano's fast-growing reputation before he joined Freddie McGregor's Big Ship organisation, Shake It Up Tonight becoming his first UK reggae number 1 and leading to a well-received album of the same name.