Booking Freddie McGregor

Freddie McGregor Biography

The Jamaican musician and producer Freddie McGregor was born in 1956 in Clarendon. Young Freddie began performing when he was still elementary school age, performing as “Little Freddie” and recording for the Studio One label. Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, McGregor also began to work with producer Niney the Observer, further honing his skills and learning the art of production in addition to performance.

It wasn’t until the early 1980’s that Freddie McGregor had his first hit, however, with the album Big Ship, which spawned the hit song “Bobby Bobylon.” Additional hits from Freddie McGregor include “Big Ship,” “Push Comes to Shove,” “I Was Born a Winner,” and many other reggae standards and reggae covers of hits by other artists. After establishing his own label, Big Ship, in 1983, McGregor also released the US hit album Come on Over, which brought his music into popularity in the United States. His album Anything for You, released in 2002, earned him a Grammy nomination.

Freddie McGregor continues to tour extensively internationally, often drawing large sold-out crowds. He recently released the album Di Captain, in 2012, and in 2013 he was recognized with the Institute of Caribbean Studies’ Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award.