Q:What key details about roy shirley can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: ainsworth roy rushton shirley -lrb- 18 july 1944 -- july 2008 -rrb- , better known simply as roy shirley , and also known as king roy shirley and the high priest , was a jamaican singer whose career spanned the ska , rocksteady and reggae eras , and whose '' hold them '' is regarded by some as the first ever rocksteady song . he was also one of the original members of the uniques .
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- years active is early 1960s -- 2008- birth name is ainsworth roy rushton shirley- origin is kingston , jamaica- death date is july 2008 -lrb- aged 63 -rrb-- genre is ska , rocksteady , reggae- alias is king roy shirley , the high priest- birth date is 18 july 1944- background is solo_singer- label is amalgamated , public , weed beat , trojan- death place is thamesmead , london , united kingdom- associated acts is the uniques