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Noel "Scully" Simms

real name Noel Bartholomew Simms

Kingston, Jamaica

Noel "Scully" Simms is credited on 2,203 releases across 713 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,203

Credits

713

Albums

7

Decades active

251

In collections

Biography

Noel "Scully" Simms (born 1935, Kingston, Jamaica – died 4 February 2017, Kingston, Jamaica) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae foundation singer and multi-instrumentalist. He began his musical career in the 1950s, singing alongside his schoolfriend Arthur "Bunny" Robinson (opens in a new tab) in a duo known as Simms And Robinson, later Bunny & Skully. They are arguably the first Jamaican artists to release a vinyl single. Later in life, Scully lost his sight to glaucoma. Despite this, he continued to write and record songs. He is considered to be one of Jamaica's most gifted percussionists, and collaborated on numerous recordings. His nickname is variously spelled as "Scully" or "Skully".

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Credited work

2,203 releases · 713 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 2,327
  • Other credits · 93
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Channel One Recording Studio · King Tubby's Studio · Harry J's Recording Studio · Dynamic Sounds Studios

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