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Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:04 am**

Greetings
Can someone please help me to identify who frist sang wings of dove i now many artist have done that track but don't now who was the frist to sing that song, is't prince buster, bob marley the wailers or blue buster can anyone help.
Thanks n Godbless

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:13 pm**

Mento artists even before the above mentioned singers had recorded this I believe. It's probably an old JA folk song? But I think it might be based on an old spiritual song?

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:36 pm**

i believe it was an old Revivalist song.

Posted: **Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:40 pm**

This traditional song got the early Ska treatment in 1966 when Justin "Phillip" Yap's WIRL (Top Deck/Dr. Bird) issued a version by The Gaytones on the (Skatalites) 'Top Sounds From Top-Deck Records'/'Ska-Boo-Da-Ba' album.

Posted: **Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:04 pm**

I believe Carlos Malcom's ska version pre-dates The Yap version.

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