Here’s a special one for you, ska from the 60s! That’s right! An episode dedicated to all those original fine music makers from Jamaica. This isn’t a definitive episode or list of bands, just a little taste of what it was like when these songs were the latest hits.

Desmond Dekker & the Aces – It Miek (It Miek / Problems ’69)

King Perry – Doctor Dick (Doctor Dick / Magic Star ’66)

Lord Brynner & the Sheiks – Congo War (Congo War / Teach Me to Ska ’65)

the Paragons – the Tide is High (On the Beach ’67)

Jimmy Cliff – Miss Jamaica (Miss Jamaica / Gold Digger ’62)

Roland Alphonso – 1,000 Tons of Megaton (1,000 Tons of Megaton / Musical Resurrection ’69)

Don Drummond – Man in the Street (Man in the Street / You are My One Love ’65)

the Ethiopians – the Whip (the Whip / Cool it Amigo ’67)

Derrick & Patsy – Housewives Choice (Housewives Choice / Gypsy Woman ’62)

If you’re in a ska band and would like to be interviewed or have a song featured, please email me at radjose[at]gmail[dot]com.

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