Marlene Webber

"From the golden age of the disco mix...something of a mother figure." (01 July 1998) Marlene Webber is a Jamaican reggae singer. She released a fair number of singles in the early to mid 1970s and continued to release material until at least 1990. "This lady liked to change the spelling of her name: sometimes she was Merlyn, or Merlene. The track itself was a Trojan records standard which Phyllis Dillon had already recorded, but this rendition is more a dark Caribbean night than rum on the beach. She also appeared on the Trojan label singing a song that appears to be somewhat autobiographical, Hard Life, and a stonking cover of Tammy Wynette’s Stand By Your Man.". No other biographical details can be found online.

Links to Peel
Right Track was the only recording by Webber that Peel ever played, but it appeared with reasonable frequency in his playlists and made the top 10 of his only self-compiled Festive Fifty.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1977 Festive Fifty: 'Right Track' #07Rattie Soul

Sessions

 * None

Other Shows Played

 * 27 December 1977: 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman) 1977 Festive Fifty #08
 * 04 November 1987: 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman)
 * And Err That's A Bit Of The Label Too: 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman)
 * 01 July 1998: 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman)
 * 13 December 1999 (BFBS): 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman)
 * 02 January 2001: 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman)
 * 23 August 2001: 'Right Track (12")' (Spiderman)