Biggs worked as an recording engineer and cameraman with the Jamaican Broadcasting Company, and also spent time as a member of the band the Astronauts, before becoming the lead singer for Byron Lee's Dragonaires.
It was at Lee's Dynamic Sounds studio (where he also worked as a producer and engineer) that Biggs recorded his first Jamaican hit, a cover of The Osmonds' "One Bad Apple". He broke through to international success in 1976 with "Work All Day", which had been recorded seven years earlier. Biggs had six hit singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1976 and 1981, the most successful of these, "Sideshow", reaching number 3 in January 1977.
Many of Biggs' recordings were reggae cover versions of popular soul hits, including songs such as Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour"; "Sideshow" and "Three Ring Circus" by Blue Magic.
A - Three Ring Circus (4:01)
Written-By – B. Eli, V. Barrett / Producer – B. Biggs, N. Hinds / Executive-Producer – Byron Lee
B - No One Knows You When You´re Down (2:56)
Written-By – B. Biggs / Producer – B. Biggs, N. Hinds / Executive-Producer – Byron Lee
Genre: Reggae
Label: Scramble Records
Catalog# SRS 510019
(P) 1977
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