Leighton Keith Shervington was born in
Saint Andrew Parish,
Kingston, Jamaica, on 13 August 1950. In 1966, at the age of 16, Shervington joined a band called The Presidents, leaving a year later to join The Hurricanes. He then moved on to join the showband Tomorrow's Children. Inspired by the success of
Ernie Smith's "Duppy or a Gunman" and
Tinga Stewart's "Play de Music", both delivered in heavy
patois, he recorded in a similar style "Ram Goat Liver", In 1972, after the disbanding of Tomorrow's Children, Shervington started a business called 'Sound Associates Limited', located in
New Kingston, a recording studio which provided radio and television services for advertising agencies. He also wrote and produced jingles for most of the major advertising agencies, using a 16-track reel-to-reel recorder and a 24-track mixing board. and appeared again later on 4 March.
Trojan Records capitalized on this success by reissuing his first single, "Ram Goat Liver", which peaked just outside the top 40 in the UK. "Your Honour" was another notable single for Shervington, a song in which a man is caught naked in a woman's closet by an angry husband. "I Man Born Ya" one of his most enduring hits, was recorded at Federal Records (now
Tuff Gong) with musicians Val Douglas (bass), Willie Lindo (guitar), Wya Lindo (organ), Robbie Lyn (piano) and Mikey Boo (drums). He continued to record, and reached the UK top 20 again when "Your Honour", originally recorded in 1975 but never previously released, was issued in early 1982, together with a new recording "No Honour Among Tiefs". In 1997, as a guest of honour on Ernie Smith's celebration of 30 years in the business, Shervington performed alongside Ken Lazarus and the surviving members of the Now Generation band at the Pegasus Hotel in Jamaica. He appeared at the
St. Kitts Music Festival on 22 June 2007, sharing the bill with
Steel Pulse and
Sean Paul, among others. In addition to his work as a singer, Shervington gained a reputation as a talented bass guitarist, and as a
recording engineer, notably engineering
Little Roy's 1974 album,
Tafari Earth Uprising. From 2018, when not on tour, Shervington performed solo several times a week at the Bahama Breeze. His repertoire covered
Bob Marley songs, a staple with the American audience, as well as other material ranging from the
Eagles' "
Hotel California" to
calypso songs. Shervington died at a hospital in Miami, Florida, on 19 January 2024, at the age of 73, from pneumonia-related complications. He had been hospitalized since the previous day. ==Awards==