About Junior Byles
Junior Byles (born Kenneth Byles Jr. in a poor part of Kingston on 2 February 1948; died 15 May 2025) was a Jamaican reggae artist remembered for his song 'Fade Away', with its strong spiritual warnings about materialism and egoism. Recorded in 1975 for producer Joseph Hoo Kim, it was a massive hit in Jamaica and was also a big success in the UK, and was covered five years later by among others Adrian Sherwood's New Age Steppers group and by Salmonella Dub NZ, made a special version of it.
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Top Tracks
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Beat Down Babylon
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Curly Locks
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Fade Away
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Fever
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It Was a Long Way
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The Long Way
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A Place Called Africa
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Coming Again
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Demonstration
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Don't Know Why
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Heart And Soul
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Da Da
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A Matter Of Time
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Whip Them, Whip Them
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Curley Locks
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Dreader Locks
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(Festival) Da Da
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King Of Babylon
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Weeping
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I've Got A Feeling
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Place Called Africa
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Rasta No Pickpocket
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Joshua's Desire
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Mystic Revelation
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Poor Chubby
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Pitchy Patchy
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Dreadlocks Time/ Fist To Fist
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Stick of a Ounce
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Jah Will Be Mine
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If You Don't Know Me By Now
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Make Up To Breake Uo
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Pretty Fe True With Pretty Dub
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Long Way
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Curly Locks (Original Version)
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Coming Home
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When Will Better Come
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The Thanks We Get
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A Place Called Africa 3
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Education Rock
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Auntie Lulu
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Know Where You're Going
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Weepign
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Now Generation
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Got The Tip
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Cutting Razor
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Lorna Banana
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Hail To Power
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Curly Locks #3 (Previously Unissued Alternate Mix)
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I Don't Know
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Informer Man
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