associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
the starlights stanley and the turbines the astronauts 30 march 2007 riversdale , st.catherine , jamaica 1970s -- 1990s portland , jamaica solo_singer 17 february 1942 vocals mento , reggae stanley beckford
 stanley beckford singer , songwriter ,
stanley beckford

stanley beckford -lrb- 1942 -- 2007 -rrb- was a jamaican born mento singer , songwriter , and four time jamaica independence festival song contest winner who recorded as a solo artist and with the bands the starlights/starlites , stanley and the turbines , and stanley and the astronauts .
