classic rocksteady tune ID

[DWick]

Can someone please tell me the name and artist of the song with the lyrics: "you and your smiling face don't mean a thing to me...". U-Roy does a DJ version called "Flashing my whip", and I think I may have a King Tubby/Dennis Brown dub version somewhere, but I have not come across the original. Thanks.

[Reggae Rhythm Update]

Yay! I was here at the right place and right time to be the first to answer!

Paragons "Only a Smile" (Treasure Isle, 1967)

[Jackson]

'Only A Smile' - The Paragons (Treasure Isle)
Producer: Duke Reid

[DWick]

Thanks guys! I have a bunch of the Paragon's stuff, but not this tune...Hard to believe.

[kenpoman]

The Paragons/ John Holt "Only A Smile" has also been covered by Dennis Brown and Maxi Priest among others.

[Reggae Rhythm Update]

Sure, and Pat Kelly, Leroy Gibbons, the Blackstones...

[Ras Star]

Haven't heard all of those versions, who produced the Leroy Gibbon's version?

[Reggae Rhythm Update]

M. Bennett & P. Lindsay for Two Friends

[Autumn Ahlers]

Dennis Brown - You And Your Smiling Face

[anbessa]

Isn't U-Roy's "Dread in a Babylon" on this wicked riddim too ? On the Trojan Roots box set, there's a version that seems to have been recorded live. The Daddy shouts "Dreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad !!!!" and the crowd goes wild. Amazing version !