Aubrey Cummings (1947 – 14 April 2010) was a renowned Guyanese musician and singer, who in 1978 migrated to Barbados. He was also an artist.[1][2]
Biography
editAubrey Augustus Cummings[3] was born in 1947[1] and grew up in the Alberttown/Queenstown neighborhoods of Georgetown. He attended Queenstown Roman Catholic Primary School during the headmastership of Francis Percival Loncke.
He joined the group Bumble and the Saints in 1965. He went on to be the lead singer for the Rhythmnaires and the Dominators, also playing rhythm guitar and doing arrangements.[4] He left the Dominators in 1973 and helped form another band called the Telstars,[4] having a popular hit with "So Lucky in My Life".[5] The Telstars toured Brazil, later visiting Barbados and recording their album Orbiting, and in 1975 Cummings returned for six months to Brazil, where he was well received in Rio and Brasilia.[4]
In 1978, Cummings migrated to Barbados, and built an active career as a guitarist and vocalist[1] — musicians he played with include John Roett, Charlie King, Nicholas Branker, and Johnny Glasgow (Linus Yaw) — and subsequently established himself as a painter.[4] His musical style has been compared to Louis Armstrong.[6]
His CD Moon Over Me was issued in 2005.[7]
He was found dead in his car at Haggatt Hall, Saint Michael, Barbados, on the evening of 14 April 2010.[8][9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b c Vibert C. Cambridge, eCaroh.com "Aubrey Cummings: A Musician of A Generation", Stabroek News, 18 January 2004.
- ^ Stanley Greaves, "Remembering Aubrey Cummings", Stabroek News, 25 April 2010.
- ^ "Barbados - Music industry says goodbye to Aubrey Cummings", Nation News - Barbados, 25 April 2010. Guyanese Online.
- ^ a b c d "Aubrey Augustus Cummings: Teen-idol, Colleague, Friend", Kaieteur News, 9 May 2010.
- ^ "Guyanese singer Aubrey Cummings succumbs to heart problems", Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Guyana Chronicle, 15 April 2010.
- ^ "GUYANA: Moon Over Me - Aubrey Cummings". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Review of Moon Over Me at eCaroh Caribbean Emporium.
- ^ "Aubrey Cummings is Gone". Barbados Daily Nation. Barbados: Nation Publishing. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Singer Cummings passes on". Barbados Weekend Nation. Barbados: Nation Publishing. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Guyanese singer Aubrey Cummings succumbs to heart problems". Guyana Chronicle Online. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "Aubrey Cummings passes on". Kaieteur News Online. Guyana. 16 April 2010.
External links
edit- Stanley Greaves, "Remembering Aubrey Cummings", Stabroek News, April 25, 2010.
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