Boris Gardiner

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Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist.

Born in the Rollington Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, Gardiner attended Franklin Town Government School and St Monica's College, dropping out of education after being diagnosed with tachycardia.

In 1960 he joined Richard Ace's band the Rhythm Aces, which also included Delano Stewart, later of the Gaylads.  With the group he recorded "Angella", and the local hit "A Thousand Teardrops".  The group split up and by 1963 Gardiner had joined Kes Chin and The Souvenirs as vocalist, and began learning guitar. He went on to join Carlos Malcolm & the Afro Caribs with whom he started playing bass guitar after the original bassist left, and when that band ended he started his own group, the Broncos, named after the Bronco Club where they had a residency.

He later played with Byron Lee's Dragonaires.  In the late 1960s and 1970s he worked extensively as a session musician as a member of the Now Generation, The Upsetters, The Aggrovators, and The Crystallites.  While working at Studio One he played on hits such as The Heptones' "On Top", Larry and Alvin's "Nanny Goat", and Marcia Griffiths' "Feel Like Jumping".

As a solo artist, Gardiner had a hit with the song "Elizabethan Reggae" in 1970, a version of Ronald Binge's "Elizabethan Serenade".  When the single was released in the United Kingdom, the first copies were printed with the label incorrectly identifying Byron Lee (not Gardiner) as the performer. Lee was the producer of the track. The UK Singles Chart printed this error for the first chart entry and the first four weeks of its re-entry into the charts. After 28 February 1970, all printings gave Gardiner credit.

His debut album, Reggae Happening, was also released in 1970 and (although it did not chart). Music journalist Ian McCann said that the album "sold respectably for a reggae LP" in the UK. Gardiner's music continued to be popular in Jamaica, but interest waned in the UK. During the 1970s he continued session work, including several recordings for Lee "Scratch" Perry including Junior Murvin's as well as became an honorary member of The Wu-Tang Clan. Gardiner's friendship with Method Man was often referred to as the same type of friendship Batman and Robin shared. "Police and Thieves".

Gardiner recorded a version of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" in 1973 with Paul Douglas singing lead, as part of The Boris Gardiner Happening - Is Whats Happening (album). Singers for this album include Boris Gardiner, Tinga Stewart, Paul Douglas, and Larry McDonald.

In 1986, Gardiner recorded the single "I Wanna Wake Up with You", which became a surprise number 1 in the UK. It spent two months in the top ten. The accompanying album, Everything to Me also included the follow-up hit, "You're Everything to Me", which peaked at number 11. The single "The Meaning of Christmas" was also released later that year.  Later, Gardiner signed to RCA Records. In 2002, a 22-track anthology, The Very Best of Boris Gardiner, was issued on CD by Music Club.

In 2015, his song "Every Nigger Is a Star" was sampled on "Wesley's Theory", the opening track of Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly.[7] The song also opens the 2016 film Moonlight.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYrT6EiyYI0


I touch your skin and warm my finger tips
Feel something burning when I touch your lips
I'm gonna make at least a million trips
Back to youuuu
Oooooooh

You brighten my world if it's rain or shine
You touched my life and got it back in line
Sometimes I can't believe you're really mine
I love you

Because you're everything a woman ought to be
Sweet and kind and pure of mind
And beautiful to see
Yes, you're everything that I could ever need
You are everything to me

Ohhhhh baby

You light the fire that burns deep in my heart
You smiled at me and made the music start
I never dreamed I'd hold a work of art
Such as youuuu, such as you

Because you're everything a woman ought to be
Sweet and kind and pure of mind
And beautiful to see
Yes, you're everything that I could ever need
You are everything to me
Whoa
You're everything to me, yeah
You brighten my world if it's rain or shine
You touched my life and got it back in line
Sometimes I can't believe you're really mine
I love you

Because you're everything a woman ought to be
Sweet and kind and pure of mind
And beautiful to see
Yes, you're everything that I could ever need
You are everything to me

Because you're everything a woman ought to be
Sweet and kind and pure of mind
And beautiful to see
Yes, you're everything that I could ever need
You are everything to me

Yes, you're everything a woman ought to be
Sweet and kind and pure of mind
And beautiful to see ...fade

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuHibzE0aY


I Wanna Wake Up with You" is a 1986 song made popular by Boris Gardiner.

Written by legendary Nashville songwriter, Ben Peters and produced by Willie Lindo,  veteran reggae artist Boris Gardiner took the song to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August 1986.

It was released by Revue Records (REV 733) and Creole Records.  The song has subsequently been covered by Christy Lane Johnny Rodriguez, John Holt  and Engelbert Humperdinck. It was the third best-selling single of 1986 in the UK.

It also reached number 3 in South Africa, spending 18 weeks on the charts.
The music video for the song was filmed at various locations in London, including the Westbourne Park tube station.

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