- Reggae singer Pluto Shervington dead at 73
Jamaican singer Pluto Shervington, known for hit songs like ‘Ram Goat Liver’, ‘I Man Born Yah’, and ‘Your Honour’, has died.
The 73-year-old entertainer who died at a hospital in Florida on Friday morning had been living in Miami, since the early 1980s.
Born Leighton Keith Shervington on August 13, 1950, the singer was also known as a songwriter, engineer, and producer.
At the age of 16, Shervington joined a band called The Presidents in 1966, leaving a year later to join The Hurricanes, and then moving on to join the Tomorrow’s Children showband.
After going solo, he achieved a hit in 1976 with ‘Ram Goat Liver’, a comical song about a man’s love for goat meat and its perceived benefits to “make your daughter (your female companion) walk and talk”.
Shervington followed up with hits such as ‘Dat’, which reached Number Six on the UK Singles Chart in 1976.
After moving to Miami in the early 1980s, Shervington continued to record music, reaching the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart with ‘Your Honour’, which was originally recorded in 1975 but was never released at the time.
He also continued to perform across the United States and made appearances in Jamaica in his later years.
Tributes have been flowing across various social media platforms as news of Shervington’s death spread.
Oliver Mair, Jamaica’s Consul General to Miami, said Shervington was the headline act at the Consulate General’s ‘Love At Christmas’ show in Florida on December 19, 2023.
“Jamaica never left his heart. He will never leave the hearts of us Jamaicans. RIP my friend,” masjid Mair in a post to social media.
