Stan Martin
<p>Constantine "Stan" Martin was born in Westmoreland Jamaica West Indies on a warm tropical day. From an early age of 8 he had always shown a genuine interest in singing, songwriting and acting. Although he made brief appearances on church concerts, plays and school shows in his early teens, it was not until he arrived in the United States in 1990 that he truly emerged as a professional artist and forayed into the music industry. Through the early to mid 1990's he wrote and recorded many jingles for radio shows on the east coast of America. Lovers HQ a critically acclaimed reggae winning program which hailed from Boston Massachusetts was one for which he was credited in writing and singing the theme. It comes as no surprise that Stan's first college degree concentrated mainly on the performing arts. While in college he was able to experiment with all the genres of music of his interest; the list went from reggae to jazz, classical, R&B, pop/rock and the Broadway show tunes. </p>
<p align="justify">Throughout the years a wide range of singers and songwriters has influenced Stan; his most favorites are as follows: - </p>
<p align="justify">Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=26">Bob Marley</a>, Air Supply, James Ingram, Diane Warren, Quincy Jones, <a href="artistDetail.jsp?aid=291">Beres Hammond</a>, <a href="artistDetail.jsp?aid=1373">Jimmy Cliff</a>, <a href="artistDetail.jsp?aid=1675">Maxi Priest</a>, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Kenny Rogers, Patti Labelle, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Luther Vandross, Michael Bolton, <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=340">Garnett Silk</a>, <a href="artistDetail.jsp?aid=93">Freddie McGregor</a>, <a href="artistDetail.jsp?aid=59">Dennis Brown</a>, The Manhattans, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Peter Cetera, and Don Henley. <em><br> <br>
"Wherever they are, the ones alive and the ones who have past, I would like to say, thank you for the music; you have all created the soundtrack to my life" (Stan Martin). </em></p>