Band Name: Jackie Opel
Music Album: Wipe Those Tears / Don't Take Your Love
Album Release Date: November 1965
Music Genre: Reggae Ska
Record Label: Island Records
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 2 Tracks Vinyl Album 7"
Legendary ska vocalist born in 1938 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie was discovered by Byron Lee and moved to Jamaica where he joined The Skatalites and recorded many solo tracks for labels such as Studio One, Coxsone Records and Top Deck Records.
A diverse vocalist, Jackie has recorded in many vocal styles including ska, R&B, soul, gospel, and calypso. He is also credited as inventing the musical style of spouge (a combination of ska, calypso and more traditional rock n roll and religious styles popular in the UK & US).
Opel eventually moved to Trinidad and then back to Barbados where, in 1970, he died in a car crash in his home town of Bridgetown.
| A | Wipe Those Tears |
| B | Don't Take Your Love |
A-Side a.k.a. "Wipe These Tears From My Eyes"
B-Side a.k.a. "Don't Take Away My Love"
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