Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Show And Tell Horace Andy covered one of our favourite songs by Al Wilson. It’s given the Ska Bluebeat Reggae treatment and not too bad either. He is a respected singer in Jamaica and have recorded several tracks with Massive Attack. His origins are Jamaican and he is a Rastfarian. Horace Andy
No Love (in_the_Heart_of_the_City) Well of course we certainly knew this Ain’t No Love – from Bobby Bland. This version by Al Brown is a Ska/Reggae take on it. WIKI – Ain’t No Love
Make Me Yours Phyllis Dillon gives Betty Swan‘s original the Ska/Blue Beat treatment: nice. Don’t Stay Away (Doctor Bird) Perfidia (1967) Of course these 45’s released by Phyllis Dillon were played at the ONLY club in Manchester town centre that featured Jamaican music in the late 1960’s – The Blue Note. Dave Lomas was the DJ doin’ the deed.
YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK Bob And Marcia – Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths – recorded a hit Jamaican sound. Call it SKA Rock Steady Blue Beat or Reggae or whatever, this style of music was made popular in England in the early sixties at Jamaican clubs and Shabeens (illegal drinking houses). A very popular set … Read more
When You Call My Name Stranger And Patsy – Patsy Todd and Stranger Cole – on the Bluebeat label, were popular at Manchester’s Nile Club (Moss Side) and also at the only Manchester city centre club The Blue Note, that included Rock Steady SKA and Bluebeat alongside its Soul music focus. Stranger Cole – Wikipedia
RUDY A MESSAGE TO YOU (1967) This song by Dandy Livingstone was a huge track at both The Blue Note and The Twisted Wheel. It was all about the Rude Boys in Jamaica. And an even bigger hit in the 80’s when the Specials caught that SKA ROCK STEADY BLUE BEAT. Dandy Livingstone – Wikipedia
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Jack And Jill Shuffle This track by Theophilus Beckford was another Blue Beat 45 played regularly at the Blue Note Manchester.
Bob Marley was the legendary reggae singer, composer and musician who died at the untimely age of 36. In the early years of Blue Beat, Ska and Rock Steady, there were many releases that were covers of U.S. soul and R&B hits. One of our favourites, People Get Ready by the Impressions, was given the … Read more
Everything I Own Ken Booth