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Purpleman

Background information
Also known as	Peter Yellow
Born	(1962-01-04)4 January 1962
Origin	Waterhouse District, Kingston, Jamaica
Died	14 August 2020(2020-08-14) (aged 58)
Genres	Reggae, dancehall
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, deejay
Years active	1979–2020

Purpleman, also known as Peter Yellow (born as Anthony Jones; 4 January 1962 – 19 August 2020) was a Jamaican dancehall deejay. Being one of three albino deejays in the 1980s (Yellowman, Purpleman, and King Mellow Yellow), he was originally given the name Peter Yellow before using the name Yellowman, and released an album under this name. The name Purpleman was given to him by Nicodemus.

Biography

Purpleman deejayed with King Jammy's sound system, including performing at 'clashes' with other systems such as Youth Promotion, Arrows, Killamanjaro and Black Scorpio at the 'Shock of the Century' in 1985.^[1] 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, Sister Nancy, and Papa Tollo. In 2014 he made a comeback with a new album entitled "Home once more".

Death

Purpleman died on 14 August 2020 at the Kingston Public Hospital due to heart-related complications.^[2]

Albums

Hot (1982), Black Music/Sonic Sounds (as Peter Yellow)
DJ Confrontation (1982), CF – with U Brown
The Yellow, The Purple & The Nancy (1982), Greensleeves – with Yellowman, Fathead and Sister Nancy
Purpleman Saves Papa Tollo in a Dancehall (1983), Vista Sounds – with Papa Tollo
Laserbeam (1983), Enterprise (with Sister Candy)
Confessions (1983), Vista Sounds – credited to Yellowman, probably for commercial purposes
Showdown Vol. 5 (1982), Hitbound – with Yellowman and Fathead

Purple Man No Mash Up The Dance Hall digital download (2019), (Produced by Slikk Rikk San Diego, Ca. Video Edited by Rodney Davis.)

7" Discos

1980s

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

1990s

DJs Program(199?)

12" Discos

1970s

A Fe We Jah (*as Ranking Purple)