Inner Circle is a Jamaican
reggae group. It was formed by
the brothers Ian and Roger
Lewis in 1968 in Jamaica. The
group member consists of Lewis
(Bass guitar, vocals), Jr.
Jazz (Vocals, guitar), Bernard
(Touter), Harvey (Keyboards,
vocals), Lancelot Hall (Drums,
percussion), Roger Lewis
(Guitar, vocals). The former
Inner Circle member which
included Ibo Cooper
(keyboards), Stephen Cat Coore
(guitar), Funky Brown
(vocals), Prilly (vocals), Ian
and Roger Lewis, and Mr.
Lewis. With their front-man
and lead singer (Jacob
Miller), the group was one of
the most favorite artist in
Jamaica during the 1970s and
one of the several reggae
bands that played live. They
are the one behind the song
"Bad Boys" which become the
theme song for longest running
television program "COPS" in
Fox Network.
In 1974, Inner Circle released
its debut album on the record
label, Trojan Records and
re-signed to Island Records in
1979 where the album
"Everything Is Great" were
recorded and it become
successful internationally.
This album entered the top 20
in the UK.
Holborn Road in New Kingston
was the former residence of
the group. In previous years
they had a horn part which
include Douglas Gutherie on
alto sax and Leighton Johnson
on trumpet (they were original
members of the Excelsior High
School band). At that time,
the group toured greatly in
North America and Bermuda
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