There is more than one artist named Larry Marshall (1) A Jamaican singer active in the 60s and 70s. (2) A folk and experimental singer-songwriter from Rhode Island. (1)Larry Marshall (Fitzroy Marshall, Lawrence Park, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, 17 December 1941) is a Jamaican singer who was active mainly in the late 1960s - early 1970s in the reggae and rocksteady genres. Marshall's musical career stretches back to the early 1960s, his initial inspiration being Ben E. ...show more

There is more than one artist named Larry Marshall (1) A Jamaican singer active in the 60s and 70s. (2) A folk and experimental singer-songwriter from Rhode Island. (1)Larry Marshall (Fitzroy Marshall, Lawrence Park, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, 17 December 1941) is a Jamaican singer who was active mainly in the late 1960s - early 1970s in the reggae and rocksteady genres. Marshall's musical career stretches back to the early 1960s, his initial inspiration being Ben E.

King. Between 1962 and 1967, he had minor hits for producers such as E. Henry ("Too Young To Love"), Philip Yap ("Promise Is a Comfort to a Fool" and "Snake In The Grass"), Coxsone Dodd ("Please Stay"), and Prince Buster ("I've Got Another Girl" and "Suspicion"). His greatest successes came in the late 1960's when he teamed up with Alvin Leslie in the duo Larry & Alvin, recording hits for Dodd's Studio One label such as the massive Jamaican hit "Nanny Goat" which is regarded as the record that began the shift from rocksteady to reggae, followed by "Hush Up", "Your Love", and "Mean Girl".

"Throw Me Corn" also became a big hit in Jamaica when released in 1971. Marshall also recorded as a duo with Enid Cumberland, as Larry & Enid. In the early 1970s, Marshall worked for Studio One as assistant studio engineer to Sylvan Morris, writer, arranger, and dub-plate seller, and the label released a compilation of his recordings, Presenting Larry Marshall, in 1973. While at Studio One, Marshall arranged several recordings by Burning Spear, and also provided backing vocals. ...show less