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Errol Dunkley (born 6 February 1951)," Errol Dunkley b'day bash on February 6", Jamaica Observer, 6 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 sometimes spelled Erroll Dunkley, is a Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica.
In the early 1970s, with Gregory Isaacs, he formed the African Museum record label. Isaacs soon took sole control of the label, and Dunkley formed Silver Ring, a new label. In 1972, he teamed up with producer Jimmy Radway for two of his most popular singles, "Keep the Pressure Down" and "Black Cinderella". The same year saw the release of Dunkley's debut album, Presenting Errol Dunkley, produced by Sonia Pottinger, which included the track "A Little Way Different".
Dunkley continued to record throughout the 1970s and toward the end of the decade his popularity in the UK grew, resulting in a breakthrough UK Singles Chart hit in 1979 with "OK Fred", a cover version of a song written by John Holt, that reached number 11. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles – 16th Edition – His 1980 release "Sit Down And Cry" also reached the chart.
Dunkley re-recorded "OK Fred", his biggest hit, in 1996 with Queen Sister *N*.
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