Junior Mama Used To Say

1981) Singer, songwriter Junior sparked the British R B, pop invasion of the 80s with his classic Mama Used to Though Sade Loose Ends, Soul II Soul, and Billy Ocean had more hits, it s worth noting that Junior was a pioneer when he created and presented Britishbased R B, pop music to audiences outside the U. K. some ten years earlier. Many of his sides can be found on the 1995 Mercury CD The Best of Junior. Born in London, Junior Giscombe grew up listening to his older brothers and sisters record collection, which included the doowop of the Moonglows, the Dells, early Motown, Otis Redding, and the reggae music of Toots and the Maytals and Bob Marley. Though as a teenager he sang lead in a local band, music more or less remained a hobby until he chose a fulltime music career after college in the mid 70s. His inspiration was Philly soul writers Thom Bell and Linda Creed, Gene McFadden, and John Whitehead. A British independent label released his single, Hot Up Heated, but it was Polygram s subsi