Della Manley

b. Della Magnus, Drumblair, Jamaica, West Indies. Folk singer-songwriter Della Manley, the daughter of a dentist, moved from Montego Bay to Canada when she was 15 years old. By that time she had extensively studied piano, guitar and singing, regularly appearing in her local Catholic school choir. However, in Canada it was only when she attended York University and ‘took part in Latin American and Caribbean cultural activities' that she rediscovered her musical gifts. Aged 19 she married Joseph Manley, son of late Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley. They immediately relocat...