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Delroy Williams was born on a farm in St Ann’s Jamaica, but left the island at nine years old with his parents to start a new life in England.

Delroy was a great fan of Owen Gray who is one of Jamaica’s Foundation singers, whose work spans the R&B, SKA , Rocksteady and Reggae eras of Jamaican music, and was credited as one of Jamaica’s first home-grown singing stars.

At fifteen years old Delroy had the opportunity to meet Owen personally in Brixton, London.

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From their first meeting, Owen Gray took Delroy under his wing and became his guardian and mentor in the music industry: they are still friends to this day.

In the early 1960’s, Delroy was singing along to a record playing on a jukebox in a cafe in Brixton.

Bruce White and Tony Cousins of Commercial Entertainment heard Delroy singing and gave him their business card to call them.

The next day, Delroy called Commercial Entertainment and was invited to the office to meet with Bruce and Tony.

When Delroy arrived,