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Frenchie King & The Blackstones

Frenchie King is a veteran artist and producer from the world of Reggae music. He was born in Jamaica and moved to the UK at the age of 12, where he began singing in a church choir. In the late 1960s he formed a church band with two friends called "The Ressurectors". Their music caught the attention of Reggae star Alton Ellis. After meeting Alton a new band was formed called "Black Stallion" and their first song on Venture Records was released entitled, "Love Power". Alton was mentor and guiding light for Frenchie and crew; enabling them to jam with a host of Studio One artists.

Frenchie went on to work with noteworthy Reggae arists like: Alton Ellis, Dennis Brown, Dennis Alcapone, Ken Parker, Tito Simon, Dave Barker, Bobby Davis (The Sensations), Ruff Cutt, Owen Gray and Akabu. “We didn't tour with Dennis or John Holt but Alton would always call them to the stage to jam, but we did a few shows with Alton sister Hortense Ellis and few other too much to mention...” (quote: Frenchie)

In the 1980s, Frenchie started a solo career and switched to the label "M1" where he released projects like "Your Entitled" and "Poor Me Natty Dread". During this time he also worked with renowned producer Sid Buckner (Studio One) also producing artist Owen Gray. He also wrote the song "Blackbird" for the band Akabu which was released in 1995 on U-Sound. In the 2000s, his album "People Had Enough" was released in 2017, along with singles, "Let Us Do Something" and "Dance Cork".

In 2023 Frenchie hooked up with The Blackstones. Through this union came the opportunity to work with Iron Sound Records and producer Alien Dread. At the end of 2024 all material was ready to be released, following the initial single “The Wrong They Do”. All tracks were released on CD (and digital download) in March 2025 and are currently available through many online music vendors and of course, Bandcamp, links below.

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1. I'm Your Puppet
2. Puppet Vs.
3. Old Fashioned Way
4. Old Fashioned Vs.
5. Ride Posse Ride
6. Posse Vs.
7. Let My People Go
8. People Go Vs.
9. The Wrong They Do
10. They Do Vs.
11. Is It Because I'm Black
12. Black Vs.3

Production Credits

• Produced at AD Studio (UK)
• Vocals: Frenchie King (feat. The Blackstones)
• All Horns: Alvin Davis
• Percussion: Asha B
• Guitars: Steven Wright
• Producer: Alien Dread