Vinyl records

James Lloyd vinyl records

1 album with 15 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Jamaican singer, moved to London during his youth. There he studied at the Ivor Mirants College Of Music. Soon he was touring Europe, especially Germany, where he got a contract with Ariola Records. Lloyd scored his first hit with ‘Frag Mein Herz’. He broke through outside Germany with the second single ‘Keep On Smiling’. The song was produced by John Bartels. He later worked with Bobby Farrell of Boney M., La Toya Jackson and the Dutch schlager duo Frank & Mirella, among others. He joined the Chaplin Band, with whom he scored several hits in the Netherlands in 1982, including ‘ll Veliero’ and' 'Gold'. James Lloyd co-wrote ‘Keep On Smiling’ with Friedel Berlipp and Joe Lordup.