Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs

"Darker Than Blue" is the ticket..

In Crowd - Mango Walk

Dennis Brown's cover of Black Magic Woman by Santana

Prince Far I's 'Deck of Cards' and 'Deck of Life',...
Rev J C Burnett's 1929 version 'The Gambler's Doom' sounds even more other-worldly than Prince Far I.

A few odd ones that took some time to sink in:

Dawn Penn or KC White - No No No
is Willie Cobb's 'You Don't Love Me' c1961

Paul Powell - Gena
is Frankie Avalon's 'Venus'

Delroy Wilson - Have Some Mercy
Chenley Duffus - To Be A Lover
George Faith - To Be A Lover
are all William Bell's 'I Forgot To Be Your Lover' c1968

But I'm never sure whether U Roy's Babylon Burning is a version of Proud Mary or not. Any views?

VC

Who is the writer of 'Riding for a fall'?

Is 'Java' an Augustus Pablo original?

- Sly Dunbar - Sesame
- Gregory Isaacs - Puff The Magic Dragon
- Aggrovators - Take Five !! (Paul Desmond)

Techniques - You Don't Care

cant remember the original name but i hear it before it a soul music from like 60s

PRINCE BUSTER - TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS

RONNIE WILLIAMS - MY GIRL

A huge topic, but Alton Ellis doing "Can I Change my Mind" (Tyrone Davis) and him or Freddie McGregor doing "Sitting in the Park" (Billy Stewart) and Rolando Alphonso's version of "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) are among my favourites... also AJ Brown "Human Nature" (Michael Jackson), Willie Lindo "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)... better stop now!

It probably wasn't the origianl posters intention to keep to famous songs, but if we are I don't think a bunch of these tunes are really famous (other than to soul heads and a bunch reggae nerds). You Don't Love Me? That charted?

Jesco77's post notwithstanding.

Soul Fire - Lee Perry = Love & Happiness - Al Green