Pluto Shervington, born Leighton Shervington, died after being admitted to hospital in Miami, Florida final Friday. He was 73.
Born Leighton Keith Shervington on 13 August 1950, in Kingston, Jamaica, Shervington was a gifted reggae musician, vocalist, engineer, and producer. He gained his first expertise when he began singing with Tomorrow’s Kids. In 1967, their debut single was a rocksteady model of Cher‘s 1966 hit Bang! Bang!
Pluto then launched into a solo profession within the early ’70s, when Tomorrow’s Kids was disbanded.
He launched the Lloyd Charmers produced Boogie Bump and Right here And Now in addition to renditions of The Heptones’ E book Of Guidelines and Al Inexperienced‘s Right here I Am (Come And Take Me) with which he geared toward a global viewers.
However earlier than Pluto loved his first style of crossover success, he initially scored as a producer with the 1975 pageant tune winner, Roman Stewart’s Hooray Competition. The yr earlier than, he had scored an area hit together with his single based mostly on a conventional Jamaican people tune, Ram Goat Liver. The singer maintained his recognition with one other chart-topper, I Man Born Ya. In the identical recording session, he had additionally recorded Dat. The tune grew to become his largest business break, hitting the No.6 spot on the UK pop chart in 1976. Additional recordings from this era coated a range of topics alongside a collection of canopy variations.
Though afterward little was heard of Pluto internationally, he continued recording domestically and in 1982 returned to the worldwide stage with a re-release of his single Your Honour, which peaked at No.19 within the UK pop chart. When Pluto moved to Miami, he carried out commonly together with his band, Pluto & Co. Along with his work as a singer, he gained a fame as a proficient bass guitarist, producer, and as a recording engineer, notably engineering Little Roy’s 1974 album, Tafari Earth Rebellion.
Tributes have been flowing throughout numerous social media platforms as information of Shervington’s dying unfold.
Oliver Mair, Jamaica’s Consul Common to Miami, stated Shervington was the headline act on the Consulate Common’s ‘Love At Christmas’ present in Florida on December 19, 2023.
“Jamaica by no means left his coronary heart. He won’t ever go away the hearts of us Jamaicans. RIP my pal,” Mair stated in a submit to social media.
He’s survived by 4 sons, two daughters and two grandchildren.
