Jackie Opel

Born in 1938 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie Opel (his real name was Dalton Bishop) was a musical superstar in his homeland when he moved to Kingston, Jamaica, in 1962, quickly joining the legendary Skatalites as an occasional vocalist and bass player. At ease in several genres, including calypso, ska, jazz, blues, gospel, R&B, soul, and the Barbados reggae/calypso mento-like hybrid he unwittingly helped create called spouge, Opel was rumored to have had a six-octave singing voice, not to mention considerable dexterity as a dancer, and he soon became known as "the Jackie Wilso...