- 01“Dumplin's”Five years previously, Seaga had produced Lee's first record, ‘Dumplin's’; more recently, Lee had bought Seaga's W.I.R.L. studio and renamed it Dynamic; and at that point the two had strong political ties.from the chapter
- 02Jamaica SkaByron Lee held the licence to press and distribute Atlantic product all over the Caribbean, a flow of music that was about to start travelling in the other direction when, to coincide with the World's Fair, the Dragonnaires released an album in the USA, on Atlantic, entitled Jamaica Ska.from the chapter
- 03The REAL Jamaican SkaIn the wake of the World's Fair, Epic Records put out The REAL Jamaican Ska, a compilation album memorable more for the fact it was co-produced by Curtis Mayfield and featured a couple of Jimmy Cliff tracks than for any particular musical splendour.from the chapter
- 04Starring Steve AlaimoABC-Paramount released Starring Steve Alaimo, a ska-style album by the white American R&B singer of that name, and in spite of backing from the Blues Busters, it was a pretty woeful effort.from the chapter
- 05“My Boy Lollipop”Numerous other singles were released on Time, MGM and Atlantic, but, outside of Millie Small's ‘My Boy Lollipop’ (more of which later), as ska was touted as the Sound of Young Jamaica – an optimistic echo of Motown's Sound of Young America – it failed to gain a foothold in the States.from the chapter
- 06“10 Commandments of Man”One interesting occurrence happened in 1967, when Philips got round to giving Prince Buster's ‘10 Commandments of Man’ an American release: it went straight into the Cashbox charts at number 35; proof, if indeed proof were needed, that the genuine article – skarticle? – would sell.from the chapter
- 07“Christine Keeler”As did Kingston's musical community: Roland Alphonso cut a tune called ‘Christine Keeler’, King Edwards put out ‘Russian Roulette’ and it wasn't just two tunes that had the words ‘scandal’ - often spelt ‘skandal’ – or ‘Profumo’ in their titles.from the chapter
- 08“Russian Roulette”As did Kingston's musical community: Roland Alphonso cut a tune called ‘Christine Keeler’, King Edwards put out ‘Russian Roulette’ and it wasn't just two tunes that had the words ‘scandal’ - often spelt ‘skandal’ – or ‘Profumo’ in their titles.from the chapter
- 09“Oh Pretty Woman”The record sold over 6 million world-wide, reached number 2 in the UK charts (where it was the seventh biggest-selling single of that year, ahead of Roy Orbison's ‘Oh Pretty Woman’, the Beatles' ‘Hard Day's Night’ and the Rolling Stones’ ‘It's All Over Now’), and was Top 5 in the USA.from the chapter
- 10“Hard Day's Night”The record sold over 6 million world-wide, reached number 2 in the UK charts (where it was the seventh biggest-selling single of that year, ahead of Roy Orbison's ‘Oh Pretty Woman’, the Beatles' ‘Hard Day's Night’ and the Rolling Stones’ ‘It's All Over Now’), and was Top 5 in the USA.from the chapter
- 11“It's All Over Now”The record sold over 6 million world-wide, reached number 2 in the UK charts (where it was the seventh biggest-selling single of that year, ahead of Roy Orbison's ‘Oh Pretty Woman’, the Beatles' ‘Hard Day's Night’ and the Rolling Stones’ ‘It's All Over Now’), and was Top 5 in the USA.from the chapter
- 12“Mockingbird Hill”In March, British record buyers had bought sufficient quantities of the Migil Five's over-mannered ska version of ‘Mockingbird Hill’ to get it to number 10, and a couple of weeks prior to that, Ezz Reco and the Launchers, a London-based Jamaican group, covered Jimmy Cliff's ‘King of Kings’, which peaked at number 40.from the chapter
- 13“King of Kings”In March, British record buyers had bought sufficient quantities of the Migil Five's over-mannered ska version of ‘Mockingbird Hill’ to get it to number 10, and a couple of weeks prior to that, Ezz Reco and the Launchers, a London-based Jamaican group, covered Jimmy Cliff's ‘King of Kings’, which peaked at number 40.from the chapter
- 14“10 Commandments”In the mid-1960s, probably around the same time that ‘10 Commandments’ was an American hit, King Records, a label that had been very successful with R&B and soul, wanted the American rights to Buster's whole catalogue.from the chapter
- 15“Al Capone”Prince Buster's ‘Al Capone' and the Skatalites’ ‘Guns of Navarone’ reached the Top 20 and the Top 30, respectively, to become the first Jamaican-produced recognized British hits.from the chapter
- 16“Guns of Navarone”Prince Buster's ‘Al Capone' and the Skatalites’ ‘Guns of Navarone’ reached the Top 20 and the Top 30, respectively, to become the first Jamaican-produced recognized British hits.from the chapter