Purpleman, aka Peter Yellow (born in Waterhouse District, Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

) was a Jamaican Dancehall dj. being one of three albino djs in the 80s (Yellowman, Purpleman, and King Mellow Yellow), he often called himself Yellowman

Yellowman

Yellowman is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman...

, and even released an album as him.

Biography

Purpleman deejayed with King Jammy

King Jammy

Lloyd James , better known as Prince Jammy or King Jammy, is a dub mixer and record producer. He began his musical career as a dub master at King Tubby's recording studio...

's sound system, including performing at 'clashes' with other systems such as Youth Promotion, Arrows, Kilimanjaro and Black Scorpio at the 'Shock of the Century' in 1985. Purpleman's first release was an album entitled Hot In 1982. He went on to record a series of albums shared with other deejays including Yellowman

Yellowman

Yellowman is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman...

, Sister Nancy

Sister Nancy

Sister Nancy, aka Muma Nancy, real name Ophlin Russell-Myers, is a dancehall DJ and singer. She is known to the world as the first female dancehall DJ and was described as being a "dominating female voice for over two decades" on the dancehall scene...

, and Papa Tollo.

Albums

• Hot (1982), Black Music/Sonic Sounds
• DJ Confrontation (1982), CF - with U Brown
  U Brown
  U Brown aka New Roy, Hugh Brown, Nuroy is a reggae deejay who released eleven albums between 1976 and 1984.-Biography:...
  
  
• The Yellow, The Purple & The Nancy
  The Yellow, The Purple & The Nancy
  The Yellow, The Purple & The Nancy is a 1982 album by Sister Nancy.- Track listing :#Purpleman - Feeling Irie#Yellowman & Fathead - Mr Wong#Sister Nancy - No Any Man Can Test Sister Nancy#Purpleman - Get Ready#Yellowman & Fathead - Baby Father...
  
  (1982), Greensleeves
  Greensleeves Records
  Greensleeves Records & Publishing is a record label specialising in dancehall and reggae music. The company was founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick and started as a small record store in West Ealing, London, in November 1975 and is based in Britain....
  
   - with Yellowman
  Yellowman
  Yellowman is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman...
  
  , Fathead
  Fathead (musician)
  Fathead , was a dancehall deejay best known for his collaborations with Yellowman in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
  
   and Sister Nancy
  Sister Nancy
  Sister Nancy, aka Muma Nancy, real name Ophlin Russell-Myers, is a dancehall DJ and singer. She is known to the world as the first female dancehall DJ and was described as being a "dominating female voice for over two decades" on the dancehall scene...
  
  
• Purpleman Saves Papa Tollo In A Dancehall (1983), Vista Sounds - with Papa Tollo
• Laserbeam (1983), Enterprise (with Sister Candy)
• Confessions (1983), Vista Sounds - miscredited to Yellowman
• Showdown Vol. 5 (1982), Hitbound - with Yellowman and Fathead

7" Discos

1980s

• D&G (198X)
• Dem A Call Mi Name (with Saramouche)(198X)

1990s

• DJs Program(199X)

12" Discos

1970s

• A Fe We Jah* (as Ranking Purple)

1980s

• Water Pumpee (198X)
• Rose Marie (198X)
• Level Vibes (1983)
• Keep On Working (with Cornell Campbell
  Cornell Campbell
  Cornell Campbell aka Don Cornell or Don Gorgon is a reggae singer, best known for his trademark falsetto voice, and his recordings at Studio One in the late 1960s and his later work with Bunny Lee in the 1970s.-Biography:Cornel has one of the sweetest falsettos of any Jamaican vocalist and uses it...
  
  )(198X)
• Get Me Mad (1980)
• Water Pumping (1983)

1990s

• Daddymix (1996)

External links

• Purpleman on Reggaelicious.com