Floyd Lloyd

{{Short description|Jamaican musician and singer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Floyd Lloyd | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Lloyd Seivright | alias = | birth_place = Brown's Town | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|06|03|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|06|1948|06|03|df=y}} | origin = Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica | instrument = Vocals | genre = Reggae | occupation = | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = }}

'''Floyd Lloyd''' (born '''Lloyd Seivright'''; 3 June 1948 in St. Ann, Jamaica – 6 November 2018) was a Jamaican reggae musician and singer<ref name="UrbanIslandz">{{cite web |date=November 6, 2018 |title=Reggae Ska Singer Floyd Lloyd Dead At 70 |url=https://urbanislandz.com/2018/11/13/reggae-ska-singer-floyd-lloyd-dead-at-70/ |accessdate=December 12, 2018 |website=Urban Islandz| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250624110047/https://urbanislandz.com/2018/11/13/reggae-ska-singer-floyd-lloyd-dead-at-70/| archive-date = 24 June 2025 }}</ref><ref name="AllMusicBio">{{cite web |title=AllMusic Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/floyd-lloyd-mn0000160506/biography/ |website=AllMusic.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402195620/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/floyd-lloyd-mn0000160506/biography/ |archive-date=2 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> who is best known for his 1982 hit, "Jah Jah Why?".

==Career== His first vocals were Wirl Studio recordings Rich Man Poor Man and Be Yourself in 1967.{{citation needed|date=April 2026}}

His 1969 song "Be Yourself" led to him pursuing a career in the UK. In the early 1970s, he founded Tropic Entertainment & Recording Enterprises. In the 1970s, he formed the Red Cloud band. In 1977 Trojan Records released his songs "Soulful Lover Baby" and "Slow Down".<ref name="AllMusicBio"/>

He later signed to KPM Music. Music he produced under KPM was used in EastEnders, Friends and Strange Days.<ref name="AllMusicBio"/>

While performing with the ska revival group the Potato 5, he coined the phrase "mash it up."<ref name="AllMusicBio"/>

After moving to New York in 1995, he re-released some of his material, in collaboration with his business partner Brenda Ray.<ref name="AllMusicBio"/>

==Personal life== He moved to the Netherlands, before moving to New York in 1995.<ref name="AllMusicBio"/> He died following an illness in the Saint Ann Parish hospital, Jamaica, on November 6, 2018.<ref name="UrbanIslandz"/>

==Discography== *''Better To Laugh Than To Cry'' (1982) *''Tear It Up: The Ska Album'' (1997) *''Our World'' (1998) *''Alchemy'' (2001) *''Believer'' (2002) *''Mind Over Matter'' (2004)

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