Derrick Harriott was a Jamaican singer and record producer, a founder of the vocal group the Jiving Juniors and the voice of the rocksteady hit “The Loser”. He died at home on 24 October 2026, aged 87.

Born in Kingston on 6 February 1939, he launched the Crystal label in 1962 and produced records for Dennis Brown, Big Youth, the Ethiopians and Keith & Tex, as well as the early dub album Scrub A Dub. He was awarded Jamaica’s Order of Distinction in 2009.