David Isaacs (aka Bruce Bennett) was a Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 singer who worked with Lee "Scratch" Perry in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and went on to release several albums between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

Biography

Isaacs was born in Denham Town in 1946, and was the first of 16 children for his mother. Isaacs recorded a version of Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

's "A Place In The Sun" in 1968 for producer Lee Perry, and this was one of the records that established Trojan Records

Trojan Records

Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...

 as a major force in reggae. The song was later re-recorded and included in Isaacs' album Place In The Sun, issued in the 1980s.

In 1979, Isaacs recorded "Just Like a Sea", in combination with deejay

Deejay

A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...

 Jah Thomas

Jah Thomas

Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas is a reggae deejay and record producer who first came to prominence in the 1970s, later setting up his own Midnight Rock and Nura labels.-Biography:...

, and released his debut album of the same name (also issued as More Love), produced by Witty Reid. In 1982, he teamed up with Winston "Niney" Holness

Niney the Observer

Winston Holness, better known as Niney the Observer , is a Jamaican record producer and singer who was a key figure in the creation of many classic reggae recordings dating from the 1970s and early 1980s....

 for the album Happy Ending, released on Dynamic Sounds, which had been preceded by the Love & Devotion set.

Isaacs also toured extensively with The Itals, as Lloyd Ricketts was unable to tour. In 1987, upon the nomination of the Itals for the American Grammy Awards, David toured extensively with the Itals line up of Keith Porter and Ronnie Davis. This line-up would continue,for over two decades and the last tour was in 2009, with a cross country tour that ended in the fall. Because Lloyd Ricketts was unable to get a visa for all of these years, David supported the three part harmony, and added his own special qualities. The "Itals" also toured without Ronnie Davis often, as Keith Porter, living in the United States did try various line-ups,including his family to perform under the "Itals" name. However, over the course of time, the importance of having David Isaacs and Ronnie Davis tour with the band became known by audience response. David Isaacs toured more over the years than Ronnie Davis or of course Lloyd Ricketts because he did work with Keith Porter when Keith Porter was promoting the Itals as his particular line-up which consisted of his daughter and usually included David Isaacs.

Articles in the Gleaner and other places are reporting that David Isaacs along with his great personal acheviements did a "brief stint" with the Itals, however that brief stint was over two decades, and his contributions to the Itals touring group cannot be described as brief.

Isaacs died in December 2009. His sister Beverley found him dead at their Denham Town home on the morning of 21 December.

Singles

• "I'd Rather Be Lonely" (1966), BMN/Island
  Island Records
  Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
  
  
• "See That Man" (1966), BMN/Island
• "Place In The Sun" (1968), Upsetter/Trojan
  Trojan Records
  Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...
  
  
• "Give Me Your Love" (1968), Supersonics - Alton Ellis
  Alton Ellis
  Alton Nehemiah Ellis, OD, was a Jamaican musician best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady music and was often referred to as the "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.-Biography:Ellis was born in 1938 and...
  
   & David Isaacs
• "Good Father" (1968), Upsetter
• "Can't Take It Anymore" (1969), Upsetter
• "Give Love a Try" (1969), Upsetter
• "He'll Have To Go" (1969), Upsetter
• "I'm Leaving (on a Jet Plane)" (1969), Upsetter
• "I've Got Memories" (1969), Upsetter
• "Since You are Gone" (1969), Jackpot/Upsetter
• "Knock Three Times" (1971), Punch
• "Dark Moon"
• "Good Father"
• "Love Has Joined Us Together" (1971), Jackpot
• "Who To Tell"
• "You'll Be Sorry" (1971), Upsetter/Punch
• "Just Enough" (1973), Upset/Bread
• "We Are Neighbors" (1973), Upset/Bread
• "Stranger on the Shore" (1973), Justice League/Upsetter
• "Breaking Up" (1975), Hulk
• "You'll Be Sorry" (1975), Sunshot
• "Hard Road to Travel" (1977), Roots From The Yard
• "Seems I'm Losing You" (1977), VP
  VP Records
  VP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...
  
  
• "Think That You're Smart", Roots Rock International
• "I Went to Your Wedding" (1978), Ossie Sounds
• "Linger Awhile" (1978), Hulk
• "Just Like a Sea" (1978). Moodisc
• "Just Like A Sea" (1978), Cartridge/Errol T/Steppers (with Jah Thomas
  Jah Thomas
  Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas is a reggae deejay and record producer who first came to prominence in the 1970s, later setting up his own Midnight Rock and Nura labels.-Biography:...
  
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• "Place in the Sun" (1978), Rattie Soul/Jama
• "More Love" (1979), Errol T/Cartridge
• "More Love", Steppers
• "We've Got to Make It", Steppers
• "Hush Not a Word to Mary" (1979), Music Cave
• "She Loves Me Now" 12" (19??), Striker Lee
• "Love Me With All Your Heart" (1979), Bushays - with Trinity
  Trinity (musician)
  Trinity aka Junior Brammer is a reggae deejay and producer, whose career began in the mid-1970s and continued into the 1990s.-Biography:Born in 1954, Brammer was educated at the Alpha Boys School...
  
  
• "Sometimes When We Touch", Top Rankin' Muzik
• "Jah Love I" (1979), Wild Flower
• "What You Gonna Do" (1979), Gorgon
• "Brand New Style" (19??), New Star
• "Bye My Love" (1981), Express
• "Just Like a Sea" (1981), Deep Groove
• "Margaret" (1981), Deep Groove
• "I'm Gonna Get You", Errol T
• "Just Like a Sea" (19??), Rattie Soul
• "Sitting and Watching", Carl's
• "Words", Carl's
• "Someone New Dancing With You", Jackpot
• "You've Got to Come Back Home", Lucky Star

Albums

• Just Like a Sea (1979), Steppers - also issued as More Love (1979), J&M
• Love & Devotion (1981), Imperial
• Happy Ending (1982), Dynamic Sounds
• Place In The Sun (1984), Culture Press
  Culture Press
  Culture Press is an independent record label from UK specialized in Jamaican music. Many of their releases are of questionable legality and are often titled incorrectly.-LP Discography:*VSLP5000 - Bob Marley - Interviews...
  
  , also released as Til I Can't Take It on Hulk
• To Sir With Love, Jamaica Authentic

External links

• David Isaacs Official Site
• David Isaacs at Roots Archives
• David Isaacs at algoriddim