Merchant

The following is a list of songs composed by Merchant but recorded by other artistes

 

 

Anthony "Juggie" Rose

 

1988 LP The Spirit Carotte C 01688
Pan Assembly
Arranged by Godwin Bowen/Emanuel Ector/Ray Holman/Kenny Phillips
B-4 Symphony in C

 

 

Asterisks

 

1988 LP Swing Back (Soca Fusion Vol. 5) Strakers GS2285
Arranged by Denniston Young
One/A-3 Drive It

 

 

Atlantik

 

1993 LP Hot Caribbean Music JW JWAT-050
Arranged by Leston Paul, Carl "Beaver" Henderson, Colin Lucas
A-1 Poom Poom Shorts

 

 

Bally

 

1995 12"; No Behaviour/Pure Love/Rub Up Hot Vinyl HVT091
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 No Behaviour (Vocal)
AA-1 Pure Love
AA-2 Rub Up

 

 

Bare Essentials

 

1986 7"; Umbayaya Etumbe
One Umbayaya

 

 

Baron

 

1988 LP Melosian Rhapsody JW JW-BA-003
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-2 What About

 

1990 LP On Top of the World JW J.W. BA-029
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-2 Ah Holdin' On

 

1990 CD Sweet Soca Man JW JWCD 1002
2 Ah Holding On
5 What About

 

1991 LP Melody Sweet! JW JW BA-037
Arranged by Leston Paul
B-1 Ridiculous

 

1994 CD JW '94 Raggasoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW1010 CD
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
5 Sugar Dumplin

 

1994 CD Soca Uprising JW JW-059 CD
Arranged by Leston Paul
2 Lady
3 Sugar Dumpling

 

1995 CD JW '95 Raggasoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW013
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
1 One More

 

1995 CD The Winner In Me JW JW066CD
Arranged by Leston Paul
3 Love Conquers All
4 Soca Bull Pistle
6 One More

 

 

Blue Ventures

 

1988 LP Soca Calypso Victory HueLoy Records HR-BV-003
A-4 Drive It

 

1992 LP Can 'U' Handle It? Mo Records Inc JMC-005
Arranged by Members of Blue Ventures & Pelham Goddard Composers:
One-2 Medley: Ra-Ti Ray/Jock Yuh Waist And Wine/Soca Will Never Die Merchant/Iwer George/Denyse Plummer/Mark Richman
One-3 Party Now Start

 

 

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

 

1978 LP More Carnival Dynamic DY 3372 LP
B-2 Norman Is That You

 

1979 LP Carnival Experience Dynamic DY-3391
A-4 Taxi Driver

 

 

Charlo

 

1992 LP Soca In She Chutney Tempo TEMPO-CHLO-001
Arranged by Leston Paul
C-2 Music Maker

 

 

Crazy

 

1988 EP Drive It Crazy Records CRO - 011
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Drive It
B-1 Symphony in C

 

1988 12"; Drive It/Symphony in 'C' Hot Vinyl HVT 48
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Drive It (Vocal Mix)
B-1 Symphony in 'C' (Vocal Mix)

 

1990 Cassette Calypso Review Live 26th Anniversary Sanch S 9003
Various Artists
B-4 Gimme More

 

1990 LP Soca Beti Benab BR-001
Arranged by Leston Paul
B-1 Gimme More

 

1992 CD Crazymania JW JWCR043-CD
Arranged by Leston Paul
1 De Party Now Start
5 Ah Coming

 

1992 12"; De Party Now Start/Penelope Hot Vinyl HVT 071
Arranged by Leston Paul
A De Party Now Start

 

1992 CD Soca Gold - Volume Two Hot Vinyl HVCD 016
Various Artists
2 Drive It

 

1993 CD Soca Gold - Volume Three Hot Vinyl HVCD20
Various Artists
6 Gimme More

 

1994 CD Craziah Than Ever JW JW056CD
Arranged by Leston Paul
2 Maruga Gahl

 

 

De Mighty Trini

 

1994 LP 10th Anniversary JW JW TR-051
Arranged by Leston Paul
B-1 RocksoCalypso
B-2 Who is Who??

 

1994 CD JW '94 Raggasoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW1010 CD
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
7 Rockso Calypso

 

1998 LP Still The Best! JW JW 148LP
Arranged by Pelham Goddard
A-1 Still The Best
A-3 Contribute

 

 

Defosto

 

1993 CD JW '93 Top Calypsoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW1007
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
B-3 Pan in Yuh Pan

 

1994 LP Fire Works JW JW 060-LP
Arranged by Leston Paul Composers:
1/A-1 Fire Works Merchant/Defosto
1/A-2 Bionic Fever Merchant/Defosto
2/B-1 Play Mr. Pannist Play Merchant/Defosto

 

1994 CD JW '94 Calypsoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW1009 CD
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul Composers:
5 Play Mr. Pannist Play Defosto/Merchant
11 Fire Works Merchant/Defosto

 

2002 CD The Cries of Afrika Volume 2 Electro Sounds ES 0066
Arranged by Pelham Goddard/Leston Paul/Defosto Composers:
3 Bionic Fever Merchant & Defosto
4 Fire Works Merchant & Defosto
9 Is My Turn Merchant & Defosto

 

 

Derrick Seales

 

2006 CD 2006 Calypso Compilation Major & minor Productions Ltd. Mm023
Various Artists
Composers:
8 Keep It Nice Ray Holman & Merchant

 

 

Designer

 

1992 CD J.W. Records CD Compilation Vol. 2 JW JWCD-1006
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
4 Ra-ti-Ray

 

1992 12"; Ra-Ti-Ray/This is It JW JWDE-001
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Ra-Ti-Ray
A-2 Ra-Ti-Ray (Dance Mix)

 

1993 CD Soca Gold - Volume Four Hot Vinyl HVCD21
Various Artists
6 Ra-Ti-Ray

 

1995 CD Designer JW JW072CD
Arranged by Leston Paul Composers:
3 Soca Savage
5 Jam It With Me Ray Holman/Merchant
8 Ra - Ti - Ray

 

1998 CD JW Summer Jams '98 JW JW141CD
Various Artists
6 Bubbling

 

2004 CD Hot Soca Hits Hot Vinyl HVCD055
Various Artists
5 Ra Ti Ray

 

 

Drupatee

 

1991 LP Special "Tassa" Brew JW
Arranged by Leston Paul Composers:
B-1 Special Brew Ray Holman/Merchant

 

 

Dunlop Torpedoes

 

1985 LP Panorama '85 Live Crosbys CRO-006
Various Artists
B-2 Pan In Danger

 

 

Earl Brooks

 

1997 CD Kaiso Pan Glory Vol. 4 Strakers GSCD2402
2 Jumbie
8 Ratirae

 

 

Easlyn Orr

 

1994 CD Pebbles Caribbean Moods Carotte CD 08C
Various Artists
3 High High
10 Don't Play With Love

 

 

Ed Watson and His Brass Circle

 

1978 LP Just a Little Bit Circle Records CRL-1008
Arranged by Ed Watson
2/B-1 Um Bayo

 

 

Eddy Grant

 

1994 12"; Krucial Kutz Ice 940906
Various Artists
A-2 Ra Ti Ray

 

1994 CD Soca Carnival 94 Ice 940802
Various Artists
4 Ra-Ti-Ray

 

 

Elsworth James

 

1983 LP Summer Festival Charlies ECR 315
Arranged by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe/Carl Beaver Henderson Composers:
A-2 Pan From Heaven Elsworth James/Merchant
A-3 Save We Culture Elsworth James/Merchant

 

 

Errol Asche

 

1984 LP no title RH Productions RH 0008
Arranged by Leston Paul
1-1 Jam De Soca
1-3 In a Social Way
2-1 Jessica
2-2 Country Carnival
2-3 Beware

 

1987 12"; Love Came Knocking On My Door Crosbys CRO-014
Arranged by Leston Paul
A Love Came Knocking On My Door

 

1990 LP Coming On Strong JW J.W. ASH-033
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Rock Steady
B-1 Where is the Love?

 

1994 EP First Time JW JW 054
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-2 Don't Stop D'Jam

 

1994 CD JW '94 Raggasoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW1010 CD
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
6 Don’t Stop D'Jam

 

1996 CD Weakness for Sweetness JW JW098CD
Leston Paul
Arranged by Leston Paul
5 Soca Happiness

 

 

Explainer

 

1990 LP Kill Them With Kindness Charlies ECR 3517
Arranged by Frankie McIntosh
One/A-1 Doing It
One/A-2 Same Ole Song

 

2000 CD Kaiso Vibes Strakers GS2428
Arranged by Frankie McIntosh Composers:
4 Carnival
5 Tell Dem Explainer/Merchant

 

 

Fertrin Pandemonium

 

1987 LP Panorama Carnival Fever Volume 1 Carotte C00787
Various Artists
B-3 She Want Me To Sing...

 

 

Golden

 

1999 CD De Remedy
Arranged by DeFosto Composers:
2 O' Africa Golden & Merchant
5 T.N.T. Golden & Merchant
6 You Golden & Merchant

 

 

Grupo All Stars

 

1988 LP Pan Calypso Vol. 2 Evesol LPE - 10905
Various Artists
A-4 I Coming To

 

 

Holger Laumann

 

1985 LP Trinidad Rosen ROLP-34
B-3 Pan In Danger

 

2002 CD Splended Calypso & Pan
3 Pan In Danger

 

 

Kele Zanda

 

1979 7"; African/We Can Make It Wizzard Records MCR-149
A African
B We Can Make It

 

1979 12"; We Can Make It/I Am An African Makossa
I Am An African
We Can Make It

 

 

Ken "Professor" Philmore

 

1990 Pan Assembly's Pan Calypso Carnival Music Carotte CO1789
Pan Assembly
Arranged by Emanuel Ector
B-2 Fete

 

 

King Austin

 

1986 12"; Can't Stand the Pain/Special Loving Crosbys CR 017
A Can't Stand the Pain

 

 

KP'S Sunshine Band

 

1992 LP The Worlds Greatest Carnival CRS Music CRS-AL 002
Arranged by Kenny Phillips
B-2 The Party Now Start
B-9 Rah-Te-Ray

 

 

Lady Venus

 

1990 LP Before & Beyond Neon Production VS70007
Arranged by Frankie McIntosh Composers:
A-1 Fun in the Sun Merchant/M.Jeminez
A-2 Once Upon a Time Merchant/M.Jeminez

 

 

Len "Boogsie" Sharpe

 

1988 LP Steel & Brass Equals Gold Strakers GS 2287
Arranged by Denniston Young
B-1 Drive It

 

 

Lennox Picou

 

1990 LP Get Up and Dance JW JW-LP-027
Leston Paul and the New York Connection
Arranged by Leston Paul
B-2 Dancin'

 

 

Leon Coldero

 

1995 CD Flagorama JW/Crosbys JW-CRO-CD-093
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
7 Back Back

 

1995 CD JW '95 Raggasoca Hits Vol. 1 JW JW013
Various Artists
Arranged by Leston Paul
8 Back Back

 

 

Leston Paul and the New York Connection

 

1985 LP Soca Invasion Bs BSR-LP-030
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Rock It

 

1987 LP Eruption Bs BSR-LP-073
Arranged by Leston Paul Composers:
B-1 She Want Me to Sing in She Party/Janette/Thunder Merchant/Shadow/Duke

 

1990 CD Get Up and Dance JW JWCD 1001
Arranged by Leston Paul
6 Dancin'

 

 

Lio Smith Orchestra

 

1978 LP Carnival Jam Strakers GS 2223
Arranged by Frankie McIntosh
A-1 Norman

 

 

Lord Inventor

 

1978 LP Musical Memories from Friendly Sint Maarten GLH Records GLH-101
Arranged by Lord Inventor
A-5 Norman

 

 

Machel Montano

 

1988 LP Dr. Carnival Macho Music 24-11-74-2
Arranged by Pelham Goddard Composers:
A-2 Soca Mood
B-1 Family Affair Merchant/Pelham Goddard

 

 

Marcia Miranda

 

1991 LP Come Fly With Me Strakers GS 2330
Arranged by Leston Paul
A/One-1 Come Fly With Me

 

1992 LP Wanna Dance? MRS MM #3292
Arranged by Pelham Goddard/Leston Paul/Wayne Bruno
A-2 Trouble Tonight
B-3 There's more to love than making love

 

1993 CD Soca Gold - Volume Four Hot Vinyl HVCD21
Various Artists
4 Trouble Tonight

 

 

Marilyn Williams

 

1991 LP About Time Carotte CO791
Arranged by Leston Paul/Wayne Bruno
2/b-1 Pan on Fire

 

 

Melanie Hudson

 

1999 CD 1999 Calypso Compilation JW/Major & Minor JWMM 003CD
Various Artists
Composers:
3 Celebration Time Merchant, Alvin Daniell

 

 

Nap Hepburn

 

1989 LP Takin Over Oscars OPI-O-008L
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Soca Nite
A-2 Takin Over
B-1 Mash it Up
B-2 The World Needs Love

 

1990 LP Make Love Not War! RGW Records R.G.W.N.H. 003
Arranged by Leston Paul
A-1 Make Love Not War
A-2 Is Party Tonight
B-2 Never Give Up

 

1991 LP Excuse Me? JW JW NH-038
Arranged by Leston Paul Composers:
A-1 Excuse Me
A-2 Never Damn The Bridge
B-2 Bedrock
B-3 Jumbie Merchant?

 

 

Natalie Yorke

 

1994 CD Pebbles Caribbean Moods Carotte CD 08C
Various Artists
5 Come and Get It

 

 

Natasha

 

1994 LP Tasha Wet Dem Down Strakers GS 2376