Cornelius Oliphant

Born in St. Mary, Jamaica, Cornelius Oliphant moved to Florida where he started working as an entertainer on a cruiseship in 1970. At first he recorded some reggae singles but then turned to soul and funk music. He founded his own 'Knockout' record label on which he released 4 maxi singles throughout the 80's. 'It's Your Turn To Cry' from 1986 is the most beautiful and extremely indemand. Other recordings are 'U Turn My Life Around' from 1985, 'Take My Advice'/'You Are My Dream Come True' from 1987 and his last single from 1991, the brilliant 'I Love You' which although a 90's production, has a very 80's feel to it. It seems that by the time of 1986, Cornelius had changed his artist name into 'Cornilius' for some reason, only to re-use Cornelius again for upcoming records.

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