Born Jamaica on April 6 1963 and being inspired by Sly Dunbar, Dennis Brown and Stevie Wonder, Turner started his musical career aged 11 as a drummer doing session work at various recording studios including Tuff Gong, Dynamic Sounds and Channel One. With the band 'Black Culture', he got more regular work performing around the hotel circuit and at other stage shows. With the 'Zenith Band' Turner performed at Reggae Sunsplash '84 before going on to join The Tony D'Costa Affair. It was with the encouragement of Tony D'Costa that Turner took his chance to sing and was soon voicing for King Jammys, Stereo Mar and Stereo One sound systems.
Chuck Turner's initial vinyl releases came out in 1983 and 1985 with little chart success. However in 1987 and now recording for King Jammys, Chuck had his first hit tune with 'I Need You'. The dancehall anthem 'Run Around Girl' and then the number one hit 'Tears' followed along with a Jammys produced album entitled 'One The Hard Way'. Despite major success within the dancehalls and a promising career ahead, Turner seemed to disappear from the musical arena with rumours circulating of his demise. Whilst not maintaining a high musical profile Chuck Turner has continued to establish his songwriting skills and has provided support in Jamaica for visiting artists including Chaka Khan, Ronnie Dyson and Johnny Gill.
One The Hard Way - Chuck Turner
Featuring Chuck Turner with many hit tunes out of the Jammys camp.
Born Jamaica on April 6 1963 and being inspired by Sly Dunbar, Dennis Brown and Stevie Wonder, Turner started his musical career aged 11 as a drummer doing session work at various recording studios including Tuff Gong, Dynamic Sounds and Channel One. With the band 'Black Culture', he got more regular work performing around the hotel circuit and at other stage shows. With the 'Zenith Band' Turner performed at Reggae Sunsplash '84 before going on to join The Tony D'Costa Affair. It was with the encouragement of Tony D'Costa that Turner took his chance to sing and was soon voicing for King Jammys, Stereo Mar and Stereo One sound systems. 
