Leo Graham

This article is about the reggae singer. For the Chicago-based producer and songwriter who had a string of hits with Tyrone Davis, see Leo Graham (songwriter).

Leo Graham was a Jamaican singer.

He first sang with The Bleechers, then after leaving the group recorded several solo singles in the 1970s^[1] including "Perilous Time," "A Win Them" and "Not Giving Up" for Joe Gibbs,^[2] and songs including "Big Tongue Busters" for producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. Graham's vocals on Perry's recordings have been described as "quavery", "bleating" and "distinctly rural".^[3] Graham's first record with Perry was a song he had written criticizing Obeah religion called "Black Candle."^[4][5][6]

Discography

• "Black Candle" (Kingston: Justice League, 1973)^[7]
• "Doctor Demand"^[8]

His son Daweh Congo released an album Militancy in 1997.