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Sorry for taking so much time to reply Inyaki, I just read your question... i thought at the time to Unos, dos, tres by Stranger & Ken (Black Swan 1963), which is not for Studio One.

Spanish reggae's Aite I'm mex n I think it's Aite.

I forgot about this Zonard!
They are struggling counting to 6, the rest is in english!
I thought a Ska tune in spanish was gonna be uncovered....disappointed!
Happy New Year.


( other JA songs before that with a few spanish words were done in old Mentos and even on Oh Carolina
...... ''Oh Carolina tan bonita '' )

Check out Elijah Emanuel, he sings in both english and spanish songs, some mixed....true roots...

check out luchador and vision persistente.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQwN6Qo ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1aTFwS ... re=related

in the early 60's Toño Quirazco was leading a ska orchestra in Mexico, kind of Byron Lee or Carlos Malcolm...
Check also this nuns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVcyi2uV4M weird!

Laurel Aitken recorded an album in Spanish.
There are several bands with reggae influenced material in Southamerica and Spain since the 80's. The more rootsy stuff I believe is more recent.

For me the best are still Los Pericos!

Inyaki wrote:zonard echotone wrote :you can check Ken Boothe's first recordings with Stranger Cole (Studio One), a few tunes are sang in spanish.

Which tunes are those?

Same counts probably for Dennis Walks.. got a live recording here (unknown date.. probably early 1970s..) which is partly in Spanish..

The Ethiopians' "Quando mi amor" has most lyrics in Spanish, not much though