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Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 3:17 pm
by JahBrown
"Darker Than Blue" is the ticket..
In Crowd - Mango Walk
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:27 pm
by SAMWELL
Dennis Brown's cover of Black Magic Woman by Santana
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:07 pm
by cih
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.
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:31 pm
by Version Control
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
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:31 pm
by aabey
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)
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:40 pm
by Guest
Techniques - You Don't Care
cant remember the original name but i hear it before it a soul music from like 60s
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:50 pm
by ROOTS FOREVER
PRINCE BUSTER - TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
RONNIE WILLIAMS - MY GIRL
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:26 am
by Jesco77
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!
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:10 pm
by jordandance
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.
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:18 pm
by Reg Price
Soul Fire - Lee Perry = Love & Happiness - Al Green