Apr202024

Alton Ellis & The Flames

Alton Ellis (born Alton Neamiah Ellis, 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica, died October 10 2008) was a musician best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady music.In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame. Ellis started his career in 1959 as part of the duo Alton & Eddie with Eddie Perkins. Ellis and Perkins recorded for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One before Perkins moved to the United States. Duke Reid took Ellis to his Treasure Isle label in 1962. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Girl I've Got a Date
38256
2Blessings of Love
23886
3Cry Tough
23815
4Rock Steady
21932
5dance crasher
21117
6Don't Trouble People
14355
7The Preacher
11432
8All My Tears
10974
9All My Tears (Come Rolling)
5871
10Cry Tough (extended version)
5735

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