Band Name: Alton Ellis
Music Album: The Duke Reid Collection
Album Release Date: November 1999
Music Genre: Reggae Ska Rocksteady
Record Label: Rhino Records
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 18 Tracks CD
King of Rocksteady
Born: 1st September 1938 Kingston, Jamaica
Died: 10th October 2008 London, England
Jamaican singer, songwriter, producer and promoter.
Alton Ellis was born in down town Kingston into a musical family and raised in Trenchtown, Kingston. He was the older brother of reggae singer Hortense Ellis and at the end of his life father of 20 children including Noel Ellis.
He grew up being a good dancer and winning some dance contests at Vere Johns' Opportunity Hour. His first musical steps happened in 1959 when he started with Eddie Parkins as Alton & Eddy. He first recorded for Blue Beat, Vincent "Randy" Chin's Randy's later like nearly everyone at that time for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One< (...)
| 1 | Breaking Up | 2:55 |
| 2 | Why Birds Follow Spring | 2:08 |
| 3 | Ain't That Loving You | 2:32 |
| 4 | I Can't Stop Now | 2:48 |
| 5 | You've Made Me So Very Happy | 2:45 |
| 6 | Remember That Sunday | 2:32 |
| 7 | What Does It Take To Win Your Love | 2:30 |
| 8 | All My Tears | 2:37 |
| 9 | Baby I Love You | 2:10 |
| 10 | Chatty, Chatty People | 2:13 |
| 11 | Willow Tree | 2:35 |
| 12 | If I Could Rule This World | 2:08 |
| 13 | Rock Steady | 2:44 |
| 14 | Girl I've Got A Date | 2:30 |
| 15 | La La Means I Love You | 3:00 |
| 16 | I Can't Stand It | 2:23 |
| 17 | Cry Tough | 1:55 |
| 18 | How Can I | 2:50 |
Recorded @ Treasure Isle Recording Studio, Jamaica.
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