The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including...
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Ska (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
that the difference between R&B and ska beats is that the former goes "chink-ka" and the latter goes "ka-chink". Famous ska band the Skatalites recorded...
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Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton. Renford Cogle...
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Coxsone Dodd (category Commanders of the Order of Distinction)
singing as a part of The Wailers. In the early 1960s, Dodd was producing ska hits by Toots and the Maytals, the Gaylads, and the Skatalites. Dodd's "You're...
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Ryan Adams (redirect from The Suicide Handbook)
Bonnie Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. The year 2005 saw Adams join...
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Reggae (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lloyd Brevett from the Skatalites, Paul Douglas from Toots and the Maytals, Lloyd Knibb from the Skatalites, Winston Grennan...
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film's theme song, covered by Jamaican ska group The Skatalites in 1965 and later covered by The Specials "Guns of Navarone", a 2021 song by Sean Paul...
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"Coxsone Dodd, 72, Pioneer of the Jamaican Pop Music Scene, Dies". The New York Times. (online) "The Skatalites". Skatalites.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019...
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house band, the Skatalites, the Maytals' close-harmony gospel singing ensured success, overshadowing Dodd's other up-and-coming vocal group, the Wailers....
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Cedric Brooks (section With the Skatalites)
member of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, The Sound Dimensions, Divine Light, The Light of Saba, and The Skatalites. Brooks became a pupil at the renowned...
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scene of the first episode of the third series, the cover version recorded by The Skatalites in 1994 is played at the bar. It appeared on the official...
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Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. The band guest-performed with the Dave Matthews Band during their 2007 summer tour. Members of the Roots played in various...
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Tommy McCook (category The Skatalites members)
founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at...
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Guns of Navarone (song) (category The Specials songs)
including one by the Jamaican group the Skatalites whose single was released in 1965, and reached No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart in 1967. The orchestral theme...
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Doreen Shaffer (category The Skatalites members)
reggae singer. Known as the "Queen of Ska", she was a founding member in 1964 of the Skatalites. Following the death of Skatalites member Lester Sterling...
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This is the discography of Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals, including their releases as 'the Maytals' as well as the solo discography of their...
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album by The Skatalites From Paris with Love (L.U.V.), 2002 album by New York Dolls This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title From...
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Lester Sterling (category The Skatalites members)
with most of the future Skatalites members, in bands such as Clue J & His Blues Blasters. Sterling was a founding member of The Skatalites (playing alto...
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topped the Jamaican charts in 1964 with "Simmer Down", which was recorded at Studio One with the rhythm section from the studio house band the Skatalites. "Simmer...
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Christine Keeler (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
by the BBC due to its subject matter. The single had also been banned by Radio Luxembourg. In 1964, the Jamaican ska band The Skatalites released the song...
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James Bond music (redirect from The 007 Theme)
on the Wall also became the first Bond theme to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart. The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James...
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Rocksteady (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
When ska band the Skatalites disbanded (64/65—accounts vary) McCook went to work at the Treasure Isle label and Jackie Mittoo went to the Studio One label—these...
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known for his work with the Skatalites and hit singles such as "Sammy Dead Oh" and "Oil in My Lamp". Morris grew up in the Trench Town area of Kingston...
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No Doubt (category Pages using the EasyTimeline extension)
Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. Stefani launched...
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Jackie Mittoo (category The Skatalites members)
songwriter and musical director. He was a member of The Skatalites and musical director of the Studio One record label. Upon hearing of Mittoo's death...
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Ben Harper (redirect from Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals)
Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. On April 3, 2004...
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Rico Rodriguez The Skatalites The Silvertones Millie Small Symarip Lynn Taitt Toots & the Maytals The Wailers Delroy Wilson Akrylykz The Apollinaires Pauline...
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I'm The Guns of the [sic] Navarone." "Guns of Navarone" by the Jamaican band The Skatalites (1965) is a Ska standard, which reached #36 in the British...
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was originally performed by duo Andy & Joey and later covered by The Skatalites; the vocal version was recorded by Andy & Joey in 1964. Other tracks are...
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Sly and Robbie (redirect from The Rhythm Remains the Same)
explains “My mentor was the drummer for The Skatalites, Lloyd Knibb. And I used to listen a lot to the drummer for Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Al Jackson Jr...
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