Lloyd Charmers

Aliases: Lloyd Terrel
Lloyd Terrell
Lloyd Tyrell
Real name: Lloyd Winston Tyrell
Born: 1938
Died: December 27, 2012
Country: Jamaica
IPI: 00040603426 1 work
00040603622 2 works
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: Ska/Reggae singer, keyboarder and producer. Famous for his thorough arrangements and his infamous/openly sexual lyrics.
Member of: The Uniques [JM]
The Charmers
The Hippy Boys Founder
The Casanovas [JM]

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Birth Control	Lloyd Terrell	1969	(14 artists)

Covers by Lloyd Charmers

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	A Lover's Question	Lloyd Charmers	December 6, 1974	Clyde McPhatter
	Bang Bang Lulu	Lloydie and The Lowbites	1970	(unknown)
	Bang Bang Lulu	Lloyd Terrel	1968	(unknown)
	Big Eight	Lloyd Terrell	1973	Judge Dread
	Birth Control	Lloydie and The Lowbites	1970	Lloyd Terrell
i	Chokin' Kind	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Waylon Jennings and The Waylors
	Crimson and Clover	Lloyd Charmers	1969	Tommy James and The Shondells
	Darker Than Blue	Lloyd Charmers	1975	Unverified
	For the Good Times	Lloyd Charmers	October 5, 1973	Bill Nash
	Free Grind Ticket	Lloydie and The Lowbites	1970	The Four Preps - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Leon Russell
	Have I Sinned	Lloyd Charmers	1971	Donnie Elbert
i	Honey	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Bob Shane
i	How Long	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Pat Kelly
	I Can't Get Next to You	Lloyd Charmers	1973	The Temptations [US1]
	If Leaving Me Is Easy	Lloyd Charmers	November 20, 1981	Phil Collins
	If You Were Here Tonight	Lloyd Charmers	1985	Alexander O'Neal
i	Israelites	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Desmond Dekker and The Aces
	Let's Get It On	Lloyd Tyrell	1974	Marvin Gaye
i	Let's Get It On (Version)	Lloyd Tyrell	1974	Marvin Gaye
i	Love Can Make You Happy	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Mercy [US1]
	Loving Her Was Easier	Lloyd Charmers	1973	Waylon Jennings
	Lulu Returns	Lloyd Terrel	1968	(unknown)
i	Mama Look	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Lord Melody
	Mr. Bojangles	Lloyd Charmers	March 18, 1977	Jerry Jeff Walker REL,REC
i	Oh Happy Day	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Edwin Hawkins' Singers
	Oh Me Oh My	Lloyd Terrell	1970	Lulu
	One Big Unhappy Family	Lloyd Charmers	1971	Isaac Hayes
	Rough Rider	Lloydie and The Lowbites	1970	The Four Gees
	Shaft	Lloyd Charmers	1971	Isaac Hayes
i	Try to Remember	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Jerry Orbach PRF,REL
	You're My Everything	Lloyd Charmers	1974	The Temptations [US1]

Songs written by Lloyd Charmers

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Birth Control	Lloyd Charmers	Lloyd Terrell	1969	Covered by (14 artists)
My Conversation	Lloyd Charmers, Bunny Lee, Jimmy Riley	Uniques [JM]	1968	Covered by (2 artists)
Second Chance	Lloyd Charmers	Ken Boothe	1972	Covered by Pama International

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Free Grind Ticket	Lloyd Charmers	Love of the Common People	Lloydie and The Lowbites

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Censored!	Lloydie and The Lowbites	1970	Lowbite
In Session	Lloyd Charmers	1973	Trojan Records [GB]
Reggae Is Tight	Lloyd Charmers	1969	Trojan Records [GB]
Reggay Charm	Lloyd Charmers with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires	1969	Dynamic Sounds

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Lover's Question	Lloyd Charmers	December 6, 1974	Trojan Records [GB]
Bang Bang Lulu	Lloyd Terrel	1968	Pama
Big Eight / Auntie Lu Lu	Lloyd Terrell / Junior Byles	1973	Pama
Birth Control - Hot Shot	Lloyd Charmers - Carl Bryan	1969	Splash [JM]
Birth Control - Return to Peace	Lloyd Terrell - Val Bennett	1970	Pama
Bring Back the Love	Lloyd Charmers	1973	Splash [JM]
Children of the Night - For the Good Times	The Chosen Few - Lloyd Charmers	October 5, 1973	Duke Records [GB]
For the Good Times	Lloyd Charmers	1974	Horse
Have I Sinned	Lloyd Charmers	1971	Splash [JM]
If Leaving Me Is Easy	Lloyd Charmers	November 20, 1981	Radioactive Records [GB2]
If You Were Here Tonight	Lloyd Charmers	1985	Sarge
Let's Get It On	Lloyd Tyrell	1974	Harry J
Lulu Returns	Lloyd Terrel	1968	Pama
Oh Me Oh My	Lloyd Terrell	1970	Bullet [GB]
One Big Unhappy Family	Lloyd Charmers	1971	Jaguar [JM]
Run Joe	Lloyd Charmers	March 18, 1977	Horse
Shaft	Lloyd Charmers	1971	Pama Supreme
Things Going Wrong - You Keep Me Hanging On	Lloyd Charmers - Ken Boothe	1968	Coxsone Records