... were Ken Boothe, Stranger Cole, Leroy Sibbles, booming-voiced Derrick Morgan, superb guitarist ErnestRanglin, Dawn Penn and I-Threes, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, and, in a special appearance, Rita Marley. The songs are all strikingly familiar, like "The Tide Is High", which was first recorded by the Paragons in 1966 but became a big hit for Blondie in the 1980s. Griffiths...
... his discs and you be sure that Rolando Alphonso (sax), Don Drummond (trombone), Owen Grey (piano), ErnestRanglin (guitar), and Arkland "Drumago" Parks (drums) were on a lot of these sides. There were tons of great R&B acts in Jamaica before the dawn of ska-- the Blues Busters, Laurel Aitken, Derrick and Patsy, the Mellolarks, et al, but the best one I've ever heard...
emmett's october playlist Le Nozze Di Figaro (Overture) - Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Wind - Sons Of The Pioneers Holiday On Saturn - Del Kent Liquidation - ErnestRanglin Georgia On My Mind - Bob Summers Revival Lazy Bones - Bob Summers Revival No More White Horses - T2 Blue Boots - Eric Donaldson Blue Boot - Eric Donaldson Just Wanna See His Face - Rolling Stones Be Thou By My Side -...