The Skatalites
The Skatalites are a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms. They recorded many of their best known songs, including Guns of Navarone, in the period between 1964 and 1965, as well as played on records by Prince Buster and many other Jamaican artists. The founding members of the group were Tommy McCook Read more on Last.fm
Track: The Guns of Navarone
Album: Roots Party
| Album Details: | |
|---|---|
| Album | Roots Party |
| Label | |
| Release Date | 2006-05-26 |
| Total Tracks | 11 |
| Track Listing: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom Sounds (Intro) | 07:24 |
| 2 | I Should Have Known Better | 07:03 |
| 3 | Latingo Ska | 06:43 |
| 4 | Hail Pussycat | 06:38 |
| 5 | The Guns of Navarone | 06:47 |
| 6 | Medley: The Rivers of Babylon, Wings of a Dove, A Little More Oil, Hey Man | 09:49 |
| 7 | Rockfort Rock | 08:10 |
| 8 | The Man in the Street | 07:57 |
| 9 | Two for One | 04:33 |
| 10 | Phoenix City | 08:00 |
| 11 | Freedom Sounds (Outro) | 03:02 |
Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm
| # | Title | Plays |
| 1 | Guns of Navarone | |
| 2 | Latin Goes Ska | |
| 3 | Eastern Standard Time | |
| 4 | Swing Easy | |
| 5 | James Bond Theme | |
| 6 | Rock Fort Rock | |
| 7 | Occupation | |
| 8 | Street Corner | |
| 9 | Fidel Castro | |
| 10 | Lucky Seven |
Other Album Releases:
Ska-Boo-Da-Ba
Essential Artist Collection – The Skatalites
Live In Argentina 2011
Live at the Belly Up
The Skatalites (Live)
Music from Ja: Ska
Platinum Ska
Ska Kings of the First Wave with the Skatalites, The Ethiopians, And Don Drummond
Treasure Isle Time
The Skatalites Play Ska
Related Artists
Prince Buster
Don Drummond
Rico Rodriguez
Laurel Aitken
The Ethiopians
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Keith & Tex
Jazzbo
Tommy McCook
Tex
