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'Shaggy' (born October 22 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica as 'Orville Richard Burrell') is a Jamaican reggae deejay who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doo's companion, a nickname given to him by his friends, during his teenage years in which his hair bore a similarity to the Scooby Doo character. He is especially notable for his distinctive sub-baritone voice.

Contents

Early life

Military service

Music career

Discography

Albums

Compilations, Remix, Unreleased & Rare

Singles

Family

External links

Early life

His family emigrated to the United States from Jamaica and they settled in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn, located in New York City, New York, USA. Shaggy moved to Valley Stream, New York, and made one of his own recording studios in the town.

Military service

In 1988, he joined the United States Marine Corps as a Field Artillery Cannoneer with 5th Battalion, 10th Marines. While enlisted in the Marines he served during Operation Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War. It was during this time that Shaggy perfected his signature singing voice; breaking the constant monotony of running and marching cadences with his flair for inflection.

Music career

Upon his return from the Persian Gulf, he decided to pursue his music career and his first hit in 1993: "Oh Carolina", was a dancehall re-make of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers. The same year, Shaggy appeared on Kenny Dope's hip hop album "The Unreleased Project". He worked together with producers such as Sting Intl., Don One (who cut his first track), Lloyd 'Spiderman' Campbell and Robert Livingston. He had further big hits, including "Boombastic" in 1995, the theme tune of a popular Levi commercial.
He then had a major comeback in 2001, featuring worldwide number-one hit singles "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel," the latter of which was built around two song samples - Merrilee Rush's 1968 hit "Angel of the Morning" (which was remade in 1981 by Juice Newton), and The Steve Miller Band's 1973 hit, The Joker. The album ''Hot Shot'', from which those cuts came, would hit number one on the Billboard 200.
However, his 2002 release ''Lucky Day'', and the 2005 album ''Clothes Drop'' failed to match ''Hot Shot's success.
Shaggy recorded the theme for ''Showtime'', a 2002 movie.
On 11 March 2007, Shaggy performed the official song of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, entitled "The Game of Love and Unity", with Barbadian entertainer Rupee and Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons at the opening ceremony at The Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica.
Shaggy left Geffen and will be releasing his latest album under his own label Big Yard Records with distribution by VP Records.

Discography

Albums

★ 1993: ''Pure Pleasure''

★ 1994: ''Original Doberman''

★ 1995: ''Boombastic'' US #34, UK #37 '(Platinum)'

★ 1997: ''Midnite Lover''

★ 2000: ''Hot Shot'' US #1, UK #1 '(6x Platinum)'

★ 2002: ''Lucky Day'' US #24 '(Gold)'

★ 2005: ''Clothes Drop'' US #144

★ 2007: '' Intoxication''

Compilations, Remix, Unreleased & Rare

★ 1999: ''Ultimate Shaggy Collection''

★ 2002: '' US #168

★ 2002: ''Mr. Lover Lover - The Best Of Shaggy...Part 1'' UK #20

★ 2003: ''Boombastic Hits''

★ 2004: ''The Essential Shaggy''

Singles

'Year'	'Title'	'Chart Positions'			'Album'
		US Hot 100	UK Singles	AUS Singles
1993	"Oh Carolina"	#59	#1	#5	''Pure Pleasure''
1993	"Soon Be Done"	-	#46	-	''Pure Pleasure''
1995	"In The Summertime" (featuring Rayvon)	#3 (B Side of Boombastic)	#5	#14	''Boombastic''
1995	"Boombastic"	#3	#1	#1	''Boombastic''
1996	"Why You Treat Me So Bad" (featuring Grand Puba)	-	#11	-	''Boombastic''
1996	"The Train Is Coming" (featuring Ken Boothe)	-	#21	-	''Boombastic''
1996	"That Girl" (duet with Maxi Priest)	#20	#15	#7	''Mr. Lover Lover - The Best Of Shaggy...Part 1''
1997	"Piece Of My Heart" (featuring Marsha)	#72	#7	-	''Midnite Lover''
1998	"Luv Me, Luv Me" (featuring Janet Jackson)	#76	-	-	''Mr. Lover Lover - The Best Of Shaggy...Part 1''
1998	"I Got You Babe" (Merril Bainbridge featuring Shaggy)	-	-	#62	''Welcome to Woop Woop - Original Soundtrack''
2000	"Dance & Shout"	-	#19	-	''Hot Shot''
2001	"It Wasn't Me" (featuring Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent)	#1	#1 #31 [Import]	#1	''Hot Shot''
2001	"Angel" (featuring Rayvon)	#1	#1	#1	''Hot Shot''
2001	"Luv Me, Luv Me" (featuring Samantha Cole)	#76	#5	#10	''Hot Shot''
2001	"Christmas In Jamica" (Toni Braxton featuring Shaggy)	-	-	-	''Snowflakes''
2002	"Me Julie" (duet with Ali G)	-	#2	#13	-
2002	"Hey Sexy Lady" (featuring Brian Gold & Tony Gold)	-	#10	#4	''Lucky Day (Shaggy album)''
2002	"Gebt das Hanf frei!" (Stefan Raab featuring Shaggy)	-	-	-	-
2003	"Strength of a Woman"	-	-	#31	''Lucky Day (Shaggy album)''
2003	"Get My Party On" (featuring Chaka Kahn)	-	-	#41	''Lucky Day (Shaggy album)''
2004	"Your Eyes" (with Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent)	-	#57	-	-
2005	"Wild 2Nite" (featuring Olivia)	-	#61	-	''Clothes Drop''
2006	"Ultimatum" (featuring Na'Sha)	-	#76	-	''Clothes Drop''
2007	"What's Love" (featuring Akon)	-	-	-	'' Intoxication''

Family

Shaggy has two sisters and one step brother.

External links

★ Big Yard Musicl website

★ Official MySpace Page

★ Official site

★ Realvibez.com: Shaggy music videos

★ Shaggy Fansite

★ SHAGGY's Studio.com