Tenor Saw
Tenor Saw
Top Songs
| 1 | No Work On Sunday | ||
| 2 | Ring the Alarm | ||
| 3 | Golden Hen | ||
| 4 | Lots of Sign | ||
| 5 | Pumpkin Belly |
Albums
Feb 2023 • 1 song
Aug 2022 • 16 songs
Jun 2022 • 10 songs
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About
Biography
One of the most important figures in early ragga and dancehall, Tenor Saw (born Clive Bright, 1966, Kingston, Jamaica) is best-known for his 1985 hit "Ring the Alarm," a song based on the then-ubiquitous "Stalag 17" rhythm which proved to be one of the biggest -- and catchiest -- hits to come out of reggae's transition into the electronic age. Tenor Saw followed it up with Fever, an LP that -- while it didn't contain his signature song -- proved to be a minor classic of early dancehall, full of simple, catchy melodies, synthesized rhythm-section parts, and Tenor Saw's floating...