Apple Gabriel
{{Short description|Jamaican singer (1955–2020)}}
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| birth_name = Albert Craig
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|4|24}}[https://viusasanews.co.ke/entertainment/theres-no-end-to-a-good-a-thing-reggae-world-mourns-death-of-israel-vibration-founder-apple-gabriel/ ‘There’s no end to a good a thing’: reggae world mourns death of Israel Vibration founder Apple Gabriel]
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| nationality = Jamaican
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Apple Gabriel (born Albert Craig) (April 24, 1955 – March 23, 2020) was a Jamaican singer.{{cite web|url=https://www.reggae-live.fr/blog/news/apple-gabriel-fondateur-du-groupe-israel-vibration-est-decede/137|title=Apple Gabrie, fondateur du groupe Israel Vibration est décédé|date=March 27, 2020|work=Reggae-Live|language=French}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/splash/singer-apple-gabriel-is-dead_190683|title=Singer Apple Gabriel is dead|date=March 27, 2020|work=Jamaica Observer}}
Biography
Gabriel was a member of the Jamaican reggae group Israel Vibration. Like the other members of the group, Gabriel suffered from polio. Gabriel wrote about his experience contracting polio and how he was treated in the community on his [https://www.applegabriel.com/history official website on the ‘History’ section].{{cite web|url= https://www.applegabriel.com/history|title=Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig official website|work=Jamaica & The World}}
He left the group in 1996 not sure of the time, and recorded three albums with RAS Records, TP Records, and Reper.
Discography
- An Apple A Day (1994, Reper)
- Another Moses (1999, RAS Records)
- Give Me M.T.V (2001, TP Records)
- Teach Them Right (2010, jahsolidrock){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/385702-Apple-Gabriel|title=Apple Gabriel|work=Discogs}}
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Category:20th-century Jamaican male singers