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Beres Hammond

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Hugh Beresford Hammond, known as Beres Hammond, is a Jamaican singer and songwriter from Annotto Bay, St Mary, whose grainy soul phrasing became one of reggae's defining romantic voices. After recording solo material in the 1970s and serving as Zap Pow's lead singer from the mid-1970s, he broke through internationally with songs including “What One Dance Can Do,” “Tempted to Touch,” “Putting Up Resistance,” “Rockaway” and “I Feel Good.” His catalogue connects Willie Lindo, Donovan Germain's Penthouse, the Fat Eyes production team, his Harmony House label and VP Records. He received the Order of Jamaica in 2013.

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Era: Rocksteady, reggae and dub →
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Beres Hammond — I Feel Good (official music video)

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Beres Hammond - Tempted To Touch (Official Audio) | Jet Star

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0:02[music]
0:09[music] Yeah.
0:11[music] Yeah. Yeah.
0:15Hey, little good girl. [music] Each time
0:17Hey, little good girl. [music] Each time you pass my way, I'm tempted to touch.
0:23Wow. Oh, baby.
0:27Wow. Oh, baby. The dress you wear [music] your perfume
0:30The dress you wear [music] your perfume
0:30The dress you wear [music] your perfume keep me wanting you so much.
0:35keep me wanting you so much.
0:35keep me wanting you so much. Wow.
0:37Wow.
0:37Wow. Now [music] I can't help thinking over
0:41Now [music] I can't help thinking over
0:41Now [music] I can't help thinking over you.
0:43you.
0:43you. [music]
0:44[music]
0:44[music] All the lonely eyes that you put me
0:48All the lonely eyes that you put me
0:48All the lonely eyes that you put me through. [music]
0:51through. [music]
0:51through. [music] Come on baby, let's sit down. Talk about
0:55Come on baby, let's sit down. Talk about
0:55Come on baby, let's sit down. Talk about [music] it. knows the
1:00hey
1:02hey [music] vintage w
1:05[music] vintage w
1:05[music] vintage w you and I
1:10[music]
1:13now I'm going to make sure that this
1:19love like [music] yours will never leave
1:22love like [music] yours will never leave me again behind.
1:25me again behind.
1:25me again behind. Baby girl [music] each time you pass my
1:29Baby girl [music] each time you pass my
1:29Baby girl [music] each time you pass my way
1:30way
1:30way to
1:33to
1:33to [music]
1:37the dress you wear your [music] perfume
1:40the dress you wear your [music] perfume people wanting you so much
1:45people wanting you so much
1:45people wanting you so much so much [music]
1:58>> [music]
2:00>> [music] >> Now I can't help thinking of you.
2:05>> Now I can't help thinking of you.
2:05>> Now I can't help thinking of you. [music]
2:06[music]
2:06[music] All the lon [singing]
2:10me
2:11me [music]
2:14each time you pass my way. I'm tempted
2:17each time you pass my way. I'm tempted to [music] touch
2:23[music]
2:25[music] you where your perfume keeping you
2:29you where your perfume keeping you
2:29you where your perfume keeping you [music] so much
2:31[music] so much
2:31[music] so much so much.
2:35so much.
2:35so much. Now I can't help thinking of you.
2:38Now I can't help thinking of you.
2:38Now I can't help thinking of you. [music]
2:41All the lonely nights that you put me
2:45All the lonely nights that you put me through.
2:48through.
2:48through. Come on, baby. [music]
2:49Come on, baby. [music]
2:49Come on, baby. [music] Let's sit down. Talk about it. Close the
2:53Let's sit down. Talk about it. Close the
2:53Let's sit down. Talk about it. Close the deal.
2:55deal.
2:55deal. [music] What's crazy?
2:58[music] What's crazy?
2:58[music] What's crazy? Hey, good w [music]
3:02Hey, good w [music]
3:02Hey, good w [music] you and I. [singing] It's
3:07you and I. [singing] It's
3:07you and I. [singing] It's [music]
3:10going to make

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INTERNATIONAL · The Bajan Reporter · 15 May 2026Shaggy's New Album 'Lottery' Out Now on All Digital Platforms, CD & Vinyl

Grammy-winning icon Shaggy released his 13-track album 'Lottery' via VP Records and Ranch Entertainment, featuring Sting, Robin Thicke, Akon, Beres Hammond and Dexta Daps, led by the single 'Looking Lovely.'

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INTERNATIONAL · Reggaeville · 15 May 2026Shaggy Unveils New Album 'Lottery'

Grammy-winning Jamaican icon Shaggy released his 13-track album 'Lottery' on May 15 via VP Records and his Ranch Entertainment. Largely self-produced, it features Sting, Robin Thicke, Akon, Beres Hammond, Dexta Daps and more, led by the single 'Looking Lovely.'

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In stories

Story · ProbableJamaica's own lovers rock

While the diaspora built lovers rock in London studios, singers at home in Jamaica were writing their own sweet-voiced side of the story.

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commentary

The crooner in the dancehall: singing against the deejay era

Documented commentary on the place of melodic singing within a deejay-dominated dancehall, stated neutrally: one view treats the 'golden-voiced' crooner tradition as a durable counter-current that kept romance and R&B in the music; another treats toasting and the deejay as dancehall's defining voice, with singers a secondary strand. Neutral framing; no verdict. Sources: Beth Lesser, Dancehall; Rough Guide to Reggae; Jamaica Gleaner archive.

Stance: melodic 'lovers' singing as a durable counter-current vs deejay toasting as dancehall's defining voice