Happy Sound

Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, the ball started rolling for the Palmer brothers when Harry Palmer bought
his first north London record shop in 1962 named ‘Happy Sounds’. This gave the Palmer brothers their
first taste of the music industry before going on to become joint partners in forming their own label ‘Pama’.

Another aspiring young musician was Delroy Washington, who later went on to be one of the UK's most respected stars of the 1970's. Delroy worked in Pama's record shop in Harlesden, and while employed by Pama, he also sang in a group called The Classics who made a few songs for Pama. Delroy met his biggest influence - Bob Marley (who was on tour at the time with Johnny Nash) while working in the shop.