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About Willie Francis (singer)
- Willie Francis (born Wilbert Francis on 18 March 1943 in Farm District in South Manchester, Jamaica) is a Ska/Reggae singer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
- He is known for hits such as "Oh What a Mini'", a top ten hit in the Jamaican charts.
- His other notable songs include "Ripe Sour Sop" and "I'm Going to Change Everything".Willie Francis was also a producer and is responsible for recording famous reggae singer Cocoa Tea's first song "Searching the Hills" in 1974.
- Willie Francis' song "Motherless Children" is featured on Disc 2 of the "Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set CD". Willie Francis worked in England in the late 1970s, and lived in Canada for a number of years before returning to Jamaica.
- Willie Francis' former lover and mother of his three children was the former partner of the late Dennis Brown who was with him until his demise in 1999.
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