Biography
Count Owen (b. Owen Franklin George Emanuel, in 1934 in St. Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican ska, calypso, and mento singer-songwriter. He moved to Kingston at age two at the untimely death of his mother Louise where his career started in Jones Town. Count started performing as a one-man 'sound', providing lead vocals as well as accompaniment with unparallelled finger-snapping. He single-handedly gets the dances going and keeps them going for hours until the end of his performances. Later with the coming of electricity to Kingston in the 50's, Count plugs into recording technology and produces seven Albums and several Singles with his band of musicians,embarks on tours, conquers competitions, all while nurturing his family of six children and loving wife Cherry.
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