Eric Donaldson: Mr Festival

Eric Donaldson‘s unrivalled success at the Jamaican Song Festival has resulted in him becoming known as ‘Mr. Festival’, the singer having won the contest a record breaking seven times.

Born and raised in Bog Walk/Kent Village, St Catherine, on 11th June 1947, Eric fronted popular Kingston-based vocal trio, the West Indians, before launching his solo career in 1971, when he immediately found success with the oft-covered Festival song winner, ‘Cherry Oh Baby‘.

Numerous hits and Festival song victories have since followed and today, Eric is still busy making great music!

To read about the life musical career to date, simply click here or on the Artists link at the top of the homepage, then scroll down the alphabetically-ordered list of artist names until you reach ‘Eric Donaldson’.