Jul122025

The Ethiopians

The Ethiopians are a reggae, rocksteady, and ska vocalgroup, founded by Leonard Dillon, Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris, that started recording for Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd in 1966. Leonard Dillon had previously released some mento songs under the name Jack Sparrow. Around late 1966 Aston Morris left the Ethiopians. Having left Coxsone the Ethiopians started recording at Dynamic Studios for the W.I.R.L. label releasing one of the all-time ska classics, the exhuberant 'Train to Skaville', which was their first success. Read more on Last.fm

Track: Train to Skaville

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Train to Skaville
372485
2Engine 54
136483
3Everything Crash
88580
4Come On Now
70547
5Free Man
65049
6The Whip
54599
7Reggae Hit The Town
43918
8Good Ambition
36011
9Give Me Your Love
28674
10No Baptism
25928

Other Album Releases:

Full Steam Ahead
Reggae Originals: The Ethiopians, The Hippy Boys & The Rudies
Woman Capture Man
The Ethiopians - See Me Go Free
Ethiopians Classics, Vol. 3: Everything Ska
Ethiopians Classics, Vol. 2
Ethiopians Classics, Vol. 1
Survival
Children Praise Jah
Ska Kings of the First Wave with the Skatalites, The Ethiopians, And Don Drummond

Related Artists

The Jamaicans
The Pioneers
Justin Hinds
Tommy McCook
The Dominoes
The Paragons
The Supersonics
Hopeton Lewis
The Flames
Derrick Morgan