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It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Stranger Cole, Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs. [2] In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods and with many skinheads. [3] [4 ...
The Original Cool Jamaican Ska (1964, LP Compil) Ska With Laurel (1965, Rio) Laurel Aitkin Says Fire (1967, Doctor Bird) Fire (1969) High Priest of Reggae (1969, Nu-Beat) The High Priest Of Reggae (1970) Laurel Aitken Meets Floyd Lloyd and the Potato Five (1987, Gaz's) (with The Potato 5) Early Days of Blue Beat, Ska and Reggae (1988, Bold Reprive)
Phoenix City: A History of the World's Greatest Ska Band (Sanctuary Records, 2004) In the Mood for Ska – The Moonska Years (Recall Records UK, 2004) Independent Ska (Atom Music, 2006) Anthology (Primo, 2007) The Skatalites Play Ska (Kingston Sounds, 2007) Kingston 11 (King Edwards, 2008) Occupation Ska! Very Best of Skatalites (101 ...
Lee's relationship with Atlantic Records (he acted as head of distribution for the US company in Jamaica) led to the label releasing Dragonaires records in the US, including two albums timed to capitalise on interest generated from the World's Fair performances, Jump Up and Jamaican Ska (on which the Dragonaires backed the likes of The Blues ...
Ska reggae (1981) Generation; Mr. Smith's Classics (1982) KR; On The Road (Live 1989) Ernie Smith Music; Folk Songs of Jamaica (1992) Ernie Smith Music; Greatest Hits (1995) Musicrama; Dancehall Ernie Cleans It Up (1996) Ernie Smith Music; Step Up (1996) (same as Ernie Cleans It Up with extra tracks) Ernie Smith Music
Desmond Dekker (born Desmond Adolphus Dacres; 16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) [1] was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with "Israelites" (1968).
Studio One is one of Jamaica's most renowned record labels and recording studios; it has been described as the Motown of Jamaica. The record label was involved with most of the major music movements in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1970s, including ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub and dancehall.
He also completed his book, Carlos Malcolm- A Personal History of Post-war Jamaican Music: New Orleans Jazz, Blues to Reggae exclusively sold on Amazon.com. Although he loves teaching and spending quality time with his loved ones, Carlos Malcolm is still working composing Caribbean piano etudes and developing symphonic works of Jamaican folk ...