Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part series on Rocksteady music. Part II features six Rocksteady songs & one Rocksteady mix.
Part I showcases sound files or videos of Jamaican artists & the songs that were influential in the creation & popularization of Rocksteady music.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/classic-jamaican-rocksteady-songs-sound.htmlfhttp://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/classic-jamaican-rocksteady-songs-sound.htmlor Part I of this series
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
(These sound files and videos are presented in chronological order based on the date of their YouTube posting, with the oldest dated example posted first.)
Example #1: Johnny Nash "Hold Me Tight"
weenielongus,Uploaded on Nov 19, 2007
I saw this one a while back, but I don't see it posted anymore, so until someone else post it, I'll post it!! [1968]
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Example #2: Phyllis Dillon - One Life To Live
clanccy, Uploaded on Jun 19, 2008
Phyllis Dillon - One Live To Live.
AKA..Shirley Kay. Taken from my Album 'One Life To Live' 1971.
Phyllis was one tough bird! Bless Up sister phyllis RIP.
Phyllis Dillon recorded in rough, tough Kingston, Jamaica, at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio, but lived in Linton, St. Catherine -- considered the country -- in the middle of Jamaica. The area, a far cry from Kingston, is where she started singing in school, church, and later with a band called the Vulcans. The crack band found employment all over Jamaica. It was at a gig at the Glass Bucket in Kingston where Dillon caught ska and rocksteady session guitarist Lyn Taitt's ears who suggested she see Reid. She was 19, still living at home, and green as grass. Taitt served as Reid's musical arranger at the time. She signed with Reid in 1965 and never recorded for another Jamaican producer, which was unusual, since most Jamaican artists played musical producers going from Reid to Bunny Lee to Coxsone Dodd and so on...
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Example #3: Rollin Rollin - Roy Shirley
yourmanwatson, Uploaded on Jul 14, 2010
Roy Shirley also known as King Roy Shirley and The High Priest (born Ainsworth Roy Rushton Shirley, July 18, 1944, Kingston, Jamaica, died July 2008) was a Jamaican singer whose career spanned the ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, and whose "Hold Them" is a contender for the first ever rocksteady song. He was also one of the original members of The Uniques...
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Example #4: NERIOUS JOSEPH - ROCK STEADY TIME
TheRevivalmaster, Uploaded on Nov 13, 2010
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Example #5: Alton Ellis - Rocksteady
JohnnySkaRocksteady, Uploaded on Nov 18, 2011
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ROCKSTEADY MIX
rocksteady mix volume four
kennykool53, Uploaded on Nov 6, 2010
the cream of jamaican rocksteady music
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/examples-of-comments-about-aretha.html and http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/rock-steady-childrens-cheer-examples.html for a two part pancocojams series on two R&B songs and children's cheerleader cheers that have the title "Rock Steady".
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the featured vocalists for their musical legacies. Thanks also to the YouTube publishers of these sound files and videos.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
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