associated_acts years_active birth_place label background birth_date genre article_title name
the wailers 1963 -- 1965 kingston , jamaica studio one solo_singer april 1948 ska beverley kelso
 beverley kelso
beverley kelso

beverley kelso -lrb- born april 1948 -rrb- is a jamaican singer best known as an early member of the wailers .
born in kingston , jamaica , she attended miss nembhard preparatory school and denham town primary school in kingston .
she was a backing vocalist , and one of the founding members of the wailers -lrb- between 1963 and 1965 -rrb- .
according to kelso , she sang on 25 tracks by the group , the last in late 1965 .
kelso emigrated to the united states in 1979 .
the death of junior braithwaite in 1999 and the death of cherry smith in 2008 left kelso and bunny wailer as the only surviving founding members of the wailers .
in 2012 she stated that she was planning to write a book about her time in the wailers .
she now lives in brooklyn , new york .
