Apr262024

Ken Boothe

Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number One in the UK in 1974. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Everything I Own
268212
2Ain't No Sunshine
86002
3Artibella
78018
4Crying Over You
54494
5Freedom Street
51784
6Is It Because I'm Black?
49607
7Everything I Own - 7" Mix
47630
8Silver Words
33693
9Let's Get It On
26743
10The Train is Coming
24186

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