10 Facts About Junior Murvin

Junior Murvin is best known for the single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976.

Junior Murvin was born in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, probably in 1946 though some sources state 1949, and moved to Port Antonio after his father's death.

Junior Murvin studied mechanics at the Montego Bay Technical High School, and then moved to Trenchtown in Kingston, where he lived with his aunt and auditioned unsuccessfully for Lee Perry and Coxsone Dodd.

Junior Murvin first recorded under the name Junior Soul for Sonia Pottinger's Gayfeet label, and then began recording regularly for the Crystal label owned by Derrick Harriott, where he had a minor hit with "Solomon" in 1972.

Junior Murvin performed as a member of the Hippy Boys, and later the Mighty Falcons and the Tornadoes, in Kingston's nightclubs and tourist hotels.

Junior Murvin continued to record through the 1980s, but his singles had less success.

Junior Murvin recorded with various producers and musicians, including Joe Gibbs, Errol Thompson, Mikey Dread with whom he recorded the 1982 album Bad Man Posse, Henry "Junjo" Lawes, Prince Jammy, and King Tubby.

Junior Murvin released his last album, Signs and Wonders, in 1989, but continued to record and release singles locally in Jamaica, some of them on his small Murvin label in Port Antonio.

Junior Murvin's last released recording was a single entitled "Wise Man", released on the London-based Dubwise record label in 1998.

Junior Murvin died on 2 December 2013, in a hospital in Port Antonio.