| Beverley Kelso | |
| Birth Date: | April 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genre: | Ska |
| Years Active: | 1963–1965 |
| Label: | Studio One |
| Associated Acts: | The Wailers |
Beverley Kelso (born April 1948)[1] is a Jamaican singer best known as an early member of The Wailers.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she attended Miss Nembhard Preparatory School and Denham Town Primary School in Kingston.
She was a backing vocalist, and one of the founding members of The Wailers (between 1963 and 1965).[2] According to Kelso, she sang on 25 tracks by the group, the last in late 1965.
Kelso emigrated to the United States in 1979.[3]
The deaths of Junior Braithwaite in 1999, of Cherry Smith in 2008, and of Bunny Wailer in 2021 have left Kelso as the only surviving founding member of the Wailers.[4]
In 2012 she stated that she was planning to write a book about her time in The Wailers. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York.