The Paragons

The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt.

The Paragons did all music compositions Collaboratively. This issue was resolved in Court when John Holt claimed ownership of most of the Paragon's compositions. In a case, Tyrone Evans versus John Holt, the Court ruled in favor of Tyrone Evans who claimed all compositions were done collaboratively. The Paragons started with Bob Andy/Keith Anderson and Tyrone Evans in the early sixties at Maxfield Park Children Home, most of the rehearsals of the group were done at 44A Waltham Park Road. The group went through many iterations before coalescing around Tyrone Evans, John Holt, and Howard Barrett in the late sixties. The Paragon's first recordings in the early sixties were done at Studio One/Coxsone. In love at last and, Good Luck and goodbye were composed, arranged and directed by Bob Andy, with some assistance from Tyrone Evans at Studion One. The group was also managed briefly by Ratcliff Butler and Desmond Chambers, two popular Radio Personalities of RJR.by Bwritte.