MusicFactsDB.com (Pre-Beta)

Burning Spear (01 Mar 1945 - )

Male Person - Jamaica

Releases (63)

Official

Album

  1. Studio One Presents Burning Spear 1973
  2. Rocking Time 1974
  3. Marcus Garvey 1975
  4. Garvey’s Ghost 23 Mar 1976
  5. Man in the Hills 18 Aug 1976
  6. Dry & Heavy Jul 1977
  7. Social Living 1978
  8. Living Dub, Volume 1 1979
  9. Hail H.I.M. 1980
  10. Living Dub, Volume 2 1980
  11. Farover 1982
  12. The Fittest of the Fittest 1983
  13. Resistance 1986
  14. People of the World 1986
  15. Mistress Music 1988
  16. Mek We Dweet 1990
  17. Jah Kingdom 30 Jul 1991
  18. The World Should Know 1993
  19. Rasta Business 20 Jun 1995
  20. Living Dub, Volume 3 1996
  21. Appointment With His Majesty 05 Aug 1997
  22. Calling Rastafari 24 Aug 1999
  23. Living Dub, Volume 4 1999
  24. FreeMan Jul 2003
  25. Our Music 20 Sep 2005
  26. Living Dub, Volume 5 Jun 2006
All Release Results >>

Album - Live

  1. Live Dec 1977
  2. Live in Paris: Zenith ’88 1988
  3. Love & Peace: Burning Spear Live! 1994
  4. (A)Live in Concert '97 1998
  5. Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2001 2002
  6. Live in South Africa 2000 2004
All Release Results >>

Album - Compilation

  1. Harder Than the Best 1982
  2. Reggae Greats 1985
  3. The Fittest Selection 1987
  4. Marcus Garvey / Garvey’s Ghost 1987
  5. Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology 18 Jun 1996
  6. Best of Burning Spear 13 Dec 1996
  7. Harder Than the Rest 13 Mar 2000
  8. Ultimate Collection 19 Jun 2001
  9. Best of the Fittest 2001
  10. Rare and Unreleased 2001
  11. Spear Burning 2001
  12. 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burning Spear 13 Aug 2002
  13. Man in the Hills & Dry and Heavy 03 Jun 2003
  14. Jah No Dead 2003
  15. Sounds from the Burning Spear 25 Oct 2004
  16. Creation Rebel: The Original Classic Recordings From Studio One 16 Nov 2004
  17. Gold 26 Apr 2005
All Release Results >>

Bootleg

Other

  1. Marcus' Children 2020
All Release Results >>

Relationships (1)

Performance Name Of

  1. Winston Rodney

Recordings by (552)

  1. Ethiopian Live Out 3:10 (1973)
  2. We Are Free 2:07 (1973)
  3. Fire Down Below 3:30 (1973)
  4. Creation 2:35 (1973)
  5. Don't Mess With Jill 2:20 (1973)
  6. Down by the Riverside 2:59 (1973)
  7. Door Peep Shall Not Enter 4:39 (1973)
  8. Pick Up The Pieces 4:40 (1973)
  9. Get Ready 2:42 (1973)
  10. Journey 2:44 (1973)
  11. Them a Come 3:14 (1973)
  12. He Prayed 5:55 (1973)
  13. Call On You 2:45 (1974)
  14. Foggy Road 3:10 (1974)
  15. Swell Headed 3:27 (1974)
  16. Girls Like You 4:04 (1974)
  17. Old Time Saying 2:20 (1974)
  18. Bad to Worst 2:42 (1974)
  19. What A Happy Day 2:49 (1974)
  20. This Race 2:43 (1974)
  21. Walla Walla 2:58 (1974)
  22. Rocking Time 5:12 (1974)
  23. Weeping and Wailing 3:58 (1974)
  24. Mamie 4:13 (1974)
  25. Jordan River 2:58 (1975)
  26. Slavery Days 3:32 (1975)
  27. Live Good 3:12 (1975)
  28. Give Me 3:09 (1975)
  29. Old Marcus Garvey 4:01 (1975)
  30. Tradition 3:30 (1975)
  31. Resting Place 3:08 (1975)
  32. Invasion 3:19 (1975)
  33. The Invasion 3:19 (1975)
  34. Red, Gold and Green 3:12 (1975)
  35. Marcus Garvey 3:44 (1975)
  36. The Ghost 3:24 (23 Mar 1976)
  37. I and I Survive 3:37 (23 Mar 1976)
  38. Black Wa-Da-Da 3:17 (23 Mar 1976)
  39. John Burns Skank 3:10 (23 Mar 1976)
  40. Brain Food 3:05 (23 Mar 1976)
  41. Farther East Of Jack 3:59 (23 Mar 1976)
  42. 2000 Years 3:28 (23 Mar 1976)
  43. Dread River 2:55 (23 Mar 1976)
  44. Workshop 3:10 (23 Mar 1976)
  45. Reggaelation 3:06 (23 Mar 1976)
  46. It’s Good 2:45 (18 Aug 1976)
  47. Man in the Hills 4:00 (18 Aug 1976)
  48. No More War 3:19 (18 Aug 1976)
  49. Black Soul 3:25 (18 Aug 1976)
  50. Lion 3:14 (18 Aug 1976)
All Recordings By Results >>

On Recordings (2)

Vocals

  1. Perfect Day ’97 3:46 Lou Reed, Bono, Skye Edwards, David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Elton John, Andrew Davis, Boyzone, Lesley Garrett, Burning Spear, Thomas Allen, Brodsky Quartet, Heather Small, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Shane MacGowan, Sheona White, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Huey, Ian Broudie, Gabrielle, Evan Dando, Courtney Pine, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brett Anderson, Visual Ministry Choir, Joan Armatrading, Laurie Anderson & Tom Jones (17 Nov 1997)
  2. Perfect Day ’97 (male version) 3:46 Lou Reed, Bono, David Bowie, Burning Spear, Thomas Allen, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Evan Dando, Tom Jones, Elton John, Boyzone, Shane MacGowan, Huey, Ian Broudie, Brett Anderson, Visual Ministry Choir, Courtney Pine, Brodsky Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (17 Nov 1997)

Credited as (9)

  1. Burning Spear
  2. Burning Spear & The Black Disciples
  3. Burning Spear & The Taxi Gang
  4. Burning Spear & Baba Leslie
  5. Everton Blender & Luciano / Burning Spear
  6. Lou Reed, Bono, David Bowie, Burning Spear, Thomas Allen, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Evan Dando, Tom Jones, Elton John, Boyzone, Shane MacGowan, Huey, Ian Broudie, Brett Anderson, Visual Ministry Choir, Courtney Pine, Brodsky Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
  7. Lou Reed, Bono, Skye Edwards, David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Elton John, Andrew Davis, Boyzone, Lesley Garrett, Burning Spear, Thomas Allen, Brodsky Quartet, Heather Small, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Shane MacGowan, Sheona White, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Huey, Ian Broudie, Gabrielle, Evan Dando, Courtney Pine, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brett Anderson, Visual Ministry Choir, Joan Armatrading, Laurie Anderson & Tom Jones
  8. Burning Spear feat. Clement Dodd
  9. Lou Reed, Bono, Skye, David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Elton John, Andrew Davis, Boyzone, Lesley Garrett, Burning Spear, Thomas Allen, Brodsky Quartet, Heather Small, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Shane MacGowan, Sheona White, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Huey, Ian Broudie, Gabrielle, Evan Dando, Courtney Pine, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brett Anderson, Visual Ministry Choir, Joan Armatrading, Laurie Anderson & Tom Jones

Works (2)

Wrote

  1. Slavery Days
  2. Christopher Columbus

Events (5)

Main Performer At

  1. Reggae Sunsplash 1987, day 2
  2. Dour 2002, day 3
  3. Later… with Jools Holland: Series 7, Episode 4
  4. Eurockéennes de Belfort 2001 - day 2
  5. Roskilde Festival 2001, day 5: Green Stage time

Links (17)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.burningspear.net/index.html

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/burning_spear
  2. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/B/Burning_Spear/
  3. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/burning-spear/

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Burning-spear

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Burning+Spear

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/20701

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000641994

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/25820963

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361646

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/2325
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qaKS0nzGP4hfjl4aFZmEU

Biographies

  1. http://www.burningspear.net/biography.html

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burning_Spear_Live.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/16dad944-c492-43dd-88ed-e0b7ac520c40

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.burningspear.net/disc.html

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/burningspear06