Vince Irie, July 30 1987 Oranjestad, Aruba It is worth mentioning that Vince Irie is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Aruba. Since he was chosen to participate in the 4th season of The Voice of Holland in 2014[2], Vince Irie has released several singles including Ik Wil Jou, Prachtig, Unfaithful, and Take It Easy….
Hildward Croes September 7, 1962 – December 17, 2014, Aruba The son of an Aruban musician, composer, and arranger, Angelo Kock, and his two daughters, Hilyann and Natusha, are both Grammy Award nominees[2]. In addition, he has a grandchild named Kayden Kock. At a young age, Croes began playing keyboards with different bands on the Caribbean…
Roberto Alfonso Farrell October 6 1949 – December 30 2010, San Nicolaas, Aruba In the early 1970s, he was the lead singer of the disco and pop group Boney M, which produced some of the most iconic hits of the decade. Farrell grew up on the island of Aruba in the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies…
Reg Isidore April 4 1949 – 22 March 22 2009, Aruba Known for his work with Robin Trower, he was a rock drummer. He played on the Robin Trower Band’s first two albums Twice Removed from Yesterday (1973) and Bridge of Sighs (1974). In his early career, he played with Peter Bardens. In 1981, he recorded…
Lucien Leopold Harrigan January 8, 1942 – August 18, 2007, Tortola, British Virgin Islands He was born on Tortola in 1942 and raised on St. Thomas. As a teenager, he played bass in his father’s band. In the 1960s, RCA discovered him at a party, and his debut album (I Am Now, 1970) of jazz and…
Juan Chabaya Lampe; April 26, 1920 – November 28, 2019, Aruba Aruban musician and songwriter who recorded and composed for several decades. Aruba Dushi Tera, a waltz he wrote, is now the national anthem of Aruba, and was a rallying cry for independence from the Netherlands Antilles. In 2013, his music was featured in the film…
Roger Francis Peterson December 1 1980, Savaneta, Aruba He was the lead singer for the now-defunct rock band Intwine, active from 2001 to 2010. Also, he competed in the first season of the Dutch talent show Idols. He was born in Savaneta to an Aruba-born father and a Curaçao-born mother. Growing up, he lived in Savaneta…
Keidran Jones April 15 1987, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Iyaz studied digital recording at New England Institute of Technology. A track by Out Da Box Family, “Island Girls”, achieved radio success in the Caribbean after he was featured on it. In 2008, Sean Kingston discovered Iyaz through his Myspace page, and signed him to Time Is Money/Beluga…
Emmanuel Jean-Baptiste June 1, 1953Gonaïves, Haiti Ti Manno, born Emmanuel Jean-Baptiste, was one of, if not the most, beloved and well-known Haitian singers. He sang about the condition of Haitians, sexism, sexual harassment, power harassment, and discrimination in his avant-garde lyrics. Before joining “Les Diables du rythme de Saint-Marc”, Ti Manno played in small bands….
Dave Benton, January 31 1951, Oranjestad, Aruba She is an Aruba-born pop musician living in Estonia. He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001. Benton won Eurovision at the age of 50 years and 101 days, making him the oldest winner ever. Efrén Eugene Benita was born in 1951 on the Caribbean island of Aruba. His…
