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classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:29 pm
by 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.
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:36 pm
by 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)
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:36 pm
by Jackson
'Only A Smile' - The Paragons (Treasure Isle)
Producer: Duke Reid
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:45 pm
by DWick
Thanks guys! I have a bunch of the Paragon's stuff, but not this tune...Hard to believe.
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:03 pm
by kenpoman
The Paragons/ John Holt "Only A Smile" has also been covered by Dennis Brown and Maxi Priest among others.
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:10 pm
by Reggae Rhythm Update
Sure, and Pat Kelly, Leroy Gibbons, the Blackstones...
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:58 pm
by Ras Star
Haven't heard all of those versions, who produced the Leroy Gibbon's version?
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:43 am
by Reggae Rhythm Update
M. Bennett & P. Lindsay for Two Friends
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:08 pm
by Autumn Ahlers
Dennis Brown - You And Your Smiling Face
Re: classic rocksteady tune ID
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:21 pm
by 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 !