Donald \u2018Tabby\u2019 Diamond, lead singer of The Mighty Diamonds, was killed in Kingston, Jamaica on March 29. He was shot by gunmen near his home in the Tower Hill area of the capital. The 67-year-old vocalist was one of four persons shot in the drive-by incident, another man also died from his gunshot wound.<\/p>\n
Born Donald Orlando Shaw, Tabby Diamond was lead singer for The Mighty Diamonds since the trio formed in 1969 in Trench Town. His colleagues in the group are Fitzroy \u201cBunny Diamond\u201d Simpson and Lloyd \u201cJudge Diamond\u201d Ferguson.<\/p>\n
Tabby led the group on hits such as \u2018Shame and Pride\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018I Need a Roof\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Africa\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Right Move\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>and \u2018Pass the Kutchie\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. In 2021, they were awarded the Order of Distinction (OD), Jamaica\u2019s sixth highest honor, for their contribution to the development of the country\u2019s music.<\/p>\n Known for his soul-inspired vocals, Tabby Diamond was not limited to roots-reggae. He, Simpson, and Ferguson showed their versatility on songs like \u2018Country Living\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018There\u2019s no me Without You\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, originally recorded by The Stylistics and The Manhattans, respectively.<\/p>\n Sly Dunbar, who played drums on the Diamonds\u2019 biggest hits at Channel One studio during the 1970s, saluted his fallen colleague, saying, \u201cTabby could sing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Tabby Diamond\u2019s death is another blow for the legendary group. In 2015, Bunny Diamond suffered a massive stroke that has prevented him from performing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald \u2018Tabby\u2019 Diamond, lead singer of The Mighty Diamonds, was killed in Kingston, Jamaica on March 29. He was shot by gunmen near his home in the Tower Hill area of the capital. The 67-year-old vocalist was one of four persons shot in the drive-by incident, another man also died from his gunshot wound. Born […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}