Baby Mother - Music

Mike Brooks Aka Mikey Brooks Prince Michael Born Edmund Brooks 1953 Westmoreland Jamaica Is A Reggae Singer Whose Career Stretches Back To The Early 1970s. Brooks Performed Regularly At The 'Idler's Rest' On Chancery Lane In Kingston And Landed A Job At Channel One Studios Building Rhythms With The Group Skin Flesh & Bone. His First Record Release Was With The Group The Tots Who Also Included Norris Reid And In Brooks' Words 'a Guy Called Tony' Who Released A Single In 1975 Called "Earth Is The Fullness" Recorded At Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark Studio And Released On Brooks' Harvest Label. The Band Was Not Successful But Brooks Would Often Contribute To Recording Sessions At The Black Ark Organized By Jah Lloyd. Brooks Re-Emerged As A Solo Singer In The Mid-1970s Working With Producers Such As Alvin Ranglin And Achieving Hits With Singles Such As "Guiding Star" 1977 "Come Sister Love" "Grooving" "Open The Door" And "What A Gathering". He Also Recorded The Combination Single "Who Have Eyes To See" With Prince Far I. He Moved To The United Kingdom And Joined The British Reggae Artists Against Famine Appeal Singing On The "Let's Make Africa Green Again" Charity Single. In 1990 He Recorded An Album With Glen Brown And Followed It In 1995 With Hardcore Lover An Album On Which He Was Joined By Delroy Wilson And Pat Kelly. Brooks Also Worked As A Producer And Along With Jah Lloyd Set Up His Own 'Teams' Label In The Late 1970s. Albums What A Gathering 1976 Burning Sounds
True Love 1977 Harvest
Rum Drinker 197? Duke Reid
One Love 1983 Vista Sounds
Respect Due 1985 Good Times
Mike Brooks And Glen Brown Meet Rhythm Dimension 1990 Rhythm Foundation
Hardcore Lover 1995 Pre
The Good Old Days Of The 70s 1998 Joseph Cotton And Mike Brooks They Trying To Conquer 2000 Charm
Anthology 1972-1985 2001 M10
Need Love 2002 Teams As Prince Michael Book Of Reveletion 2003 I Sound
The Earth Is The Fullness 2004 Moll Selekta
Just The Vibes Moll Selekta Mike Brooks And Various Artists Break Free - Treasure Isle Classics 2006 Teams
Living My Culture 2005 Trojan Records
Rise Up 2006 Cross Over 2006 The Lost Album Nocturne Mike Brooks And U-Roy Dub Zone Teams Mike Brooks And Stamper Doctor Solid Ground Mikey Brooks And The Upsetters read less