GOLDEN OLDIES VERSION
In this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection the selector uncovers some of the greatest reggae cover songs. This particular edition focuses on the Golden Oldies. Form pop sensations Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Bobby Darin, and Fats Domino to the singer/songwriters Bob Dylan and James Taylor to the rock and roll greats like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and the Animals, to the soul crooners like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, and Bill Withers this compilation of tracks explores the greatest reggae versions of pop hits.
Groups like Three Dog Night, The Association, and The Archies dominated American and British pop charts. And many Jamaicans took these tunes and transformed them into Jamaican reggae hits. One of my favorites in this edition is Bob Marley’s cover of the Archies tune “Sugar Sugar.” Some of the greatest reggae performers including Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Cliff,Toots & The Maytals, Dennis Brown, and John Holt took on these rock and roll legends and covered excellent pop songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. And of course, Ub40 made an entire career at the art of the reggae oldies cover, making smash top 40 hits out of Sonny And Cher‘s “I Got You Babe” and Elvis Presley’s “(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You.”
Gregory Isaacs – House Of The Rising Sun
Derrick Morgan – Stand By Me
Desmond Dekker – Yakety Yak
Toots & the Maytals – Louie, Louie
Alton Ellis – Duke Of Earl
Big Youth – Hit the Road Jack
Anonymously Yours – Get Back
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist And Shout
UB40 – (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You
Joy White – My Guy
The Gaylads – It’s All in the Game
Susan Cadogan – Fever
Slightly Stoopid – Leaving On A Jet Plane
Ken Boothe – Ain’t No Sunshine
B.B. Seaton – Summertime
Dennis Brown – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
Glen Adams – I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Toots & The Maytals – Let the Four Winds Blow
UB40 & Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
The Heptones – Our Day Will Come
Morgan Heritage – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
John Holt – Hey Jude
Sugar Minott – Never My Love
Judy Mowatt – Joy to the World
Bob Marley & The Wailers – How Many Times
Stephen Marley – Pale Moonlight (How Many Times)
Busy Signal – Dream Dream
Alton Ellis – Bye Bye Love
Bruce Ruffin – Candida
Honeyboy Martin – Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Shaggy & Samira – Never Knew What I Missed (Till I Kissed You)
Jackie Edwards – Take Me As I Am
The Gaylads – Fire and Rain
Bruce Ruffin – Cecilia
The Heptones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Horace Andy – Dream Lover
Irving Brown – Listen to the Music
Dennis Brown – Good Lovin’
C.J. Lewis – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Cornell Campbell – Wonderful World
Sizzla – Subterranean Homesick Blues
Sizzla – Subterranean Homesick Blues Dub
Wayne Armond – Maggie May
John Holt – I’d Love You To Want Me
The Wailing Souls – My Generation
Judy Mowatt & the Gaylettes – Son Of A Preacher Man
Yami Bolo – Johnny B. Goode
Steel Pulse & Juki Rank – We Can Work It Out
Tenor Fly – Bright Side Of Life
Cynthia Richards & Irving Brown – You’ve Got a Friend
Susan Cadogan – As Tears Go By
Bunny Rugs, U-Roy, & the Easy Star All Stars – Lovely Rita
John Holt – Touch Me In The Morning
Brent Dowe – Knock Three Times
B.B. Seaton – Everything Is Beautiful
Max Romeo – Cracklin’ Rosie
Steel Pulse – Brown Eyed Girl
Alton Ellis & Hortense Ellis – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Ben Harper & The Skatalites – Be My Guest
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Sugar Sugar
Big Youth – Sugar Sugar
The Wailing Souls – My Sweet Lord
Maxi Priest – Some Guys Have All The Luck
Johnny Clarke – Soul and Inspiration
Bob Marley & the Wailers – And I Love Her
Yellowman – Blueberry Hill
Bushman – Downtown
Stevie Face – In The Living Years
Cornell Campbell – Just My Imagination
John Holt – Girl from Ipanema
Devo – Whip It (Techno Remix)
Ken Boothe – Yesterday
Delroy Wilson – Do That To Me One More Time
Freddie McGregor – Starting All Over
Derrick Harriot – Eighteen with a Bullet
Alton Ellis – Diana
The Now Generation – Alone Again, Naturally
Ken Boothe – Help Me Make It Through The Night
John Holt – Baby I’m A Want You
Tessanne – I Want To Know What Love Is
Bruce Ruffin – Candida
Eric Donaldson – Candle in the Wind (Goodbye Norma Jean)
Yvonne – Close to You
Cornell Campbell – My Baby Just Cares For Me
Jackie Edwards – The Last Farewell
Bitty McClean – Dedicated To The One I Love
Lascelles Perkins – Pledging My Love
Taxi Gang – Mission Impossible
Marcia Griffiths – Play Me
Slim Smith – Love Me Tender
Jackie Edwards – High School Dance
Adina Edwards – Why Don’t You Write Me
Lascells Perkins – Mood For Love
Diana King – I Say A Little Prayer For You
Dave Barker & The Wailers – Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Jackie Edwards – It’s All In the Game
Ali Campbell – Devoted To You
UB40 – I Wanna Be Like You
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Susan Cadogan – In the Ghetto
The Gaylettes – Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
Don Carlos – Hello Goodbye
Chosen Few – Drift Away
Pat Kelly – A Hard Day’s Night
The Cables – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Horace Andy – Mother and Child Reunion
B.B. Seaton – Eleanor Rigby
Boris Gardiner – Hooked On A Feeling
The Uniques – Crimson And Clover
Hopeton Lewis – Mighty Quinn
Ken Lazarus – Sugar Sugar
Bob Andy – Baby I Need Your Loving
Delroy Wilson – Get Ready
Alton Ellis – And I Love Her
Peter Tosh – Here Comes The Sun
Freddie McGregor – Sweet Caroline
Joe White – Yesterday
Judy Mowatt – Rescue Me
Ben Harper – Michelle
Horace Andy & Massive Attack – Light My Fire (Live)
Singing Sweet – Donna
Derrick Morgan – Ain’t That a Shame
Tommy McCook & the Supersonics – Ode To Billie Joe
Sister Carol – Wild Thing
Boris Gardiner & the Happening – Spooky
Horace Andy – Sea of Love
Ernie Smith – Kansas City
Denzil Dennis – (All I Have to Do Is) Dream
Chaka Demus – Don’t Be Cruel
John Holt – Soul & Inspiration
Joya Landis – Kansas City