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| Jamaican folk songs & Mento |
| Original Artist | Composer | Jamaican Artist / Title / Producer |
| Louise Bennett "Bank Bank Covalley" (Folkways LP 'Children's Jamaican Songs and Games' 1957) Celia Cruz con la Sonora Matancera "Tatalibaba" (Seeco 1951) |
trad. ? Celia Cruz version: Florencio Santana |
Baba Brooks "Bank To Bank (parts 1 and 2)"
(Reid 1963) Derrick Morgan "River To The Bank" (Bunny Lee 1968) |
| Edric Conner "One Solja Man" (LP 'Songs
From Jamaica' Argo 1952) Lord Flea "Wheel And Turn Me" (Ken Khouri) Lord Fly "Medley Of Jamaican Mento" (featuring "Fan Me Solja Man" / "One Solja Man" / "Yah No Hear Weh De Old Man Seh" / "Slide Mongoose") (MRS 1951 / Stanley Motta) - by the way, this medley is said to be the very first Jamaican record ever, released 1951 on Stanley Motta´s MRS record label in Kingston! |
trad. | Frank Anderson & Tommy McCook "Wheel And Turn" (Dodd 196?) |
| Lord Invader "Sly Mongoose" (Asch Recording
N.Y.) Lord Fly "Medley Of Jamaican Mento" (featuring "Fan Me Solja Man" / "One Solja Man" / "Yah No Hear Weh De Old Man Seh" / "Slide Mongoose") (MRS 1951 / Stanley Motta) Count Lasher "Slide Mongoose" (Caribou 1959 / Dada Tewari) |
trad. | Gaylads "Sly Mongoose" (Dodd 1965) |
| "Lawless Street" | trad. | Skatalites "Lawless Street" (Yap 1965) |
| Lord Power "Penny Reel" (Trojan 1958 / Duke Reid) | trad. | Eric Morris "Penny Reel" (Reid 1964) |
| Lord Power "Miss Goosey" (Stanley Motta
JA) Hubert Porter "Miss Goosy (Medley)" (Ken Khouri JA) |
trad. | Pat Satchmo "Goosie" (Perry 1969) |
| Hill And Gully / Emmanuel Road Lord Composer "Hill And Gully / Mandeville Road" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) Edric Conner "Hill And Gully" (LP 'Songs From Jamaica' Argo 1952) |
trad. | Duke Reid "Hill And Gully Ride"
(Duke Reid, Treasure Isle 1964) Baba Brooks "Emmanuel Road" (Mike Shadeed, Sir Mike 1964)Gaylads "Gal And Boy" (Clement Dodd, C&N 1964) Termites "Gal A Boy" (Carib-Dis-Co 1968) Two Spars "Manuel Road" (Harry Mudie, Moodisc 1969) |
| Edric Conner "Sammy Dead" (LP 'Songs From Jamaica' Argo 1952) | trad. | Eric Morris "Sammy Dead Oh" (Byron Lee 1964) |
| "Oil In My Lamp" | trad. | Ska Kings "Oil In My Lamp" (Byron Lee 1964) |
| Edric Conner "Rook Combine" (LP 'Songs From
Jamaica' Argo 1952) a.k.a. "Khaki Pants" |
trad. | Carlos Malcolm "Rukmbine" aka "Khaki
Pants" (Malcolm 1964) Shenley Duffus "Rukumbine" (King Edwards 1964) |
| "Annie Palmer" | trad. | Danny Hill "Annie Palmer" (Neville Foo-Loy 1964) |
| "Run Joe" | trad. | Stranger Cole "Run Joe" (Reid 1965) |
| Lord Composer "Hill And Gully / Mandeville Road" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) | trad. | Gaylads "Gal A´ Boy" aka. "Mandeville Road" (Dodd 1966) |
| Lord Flea "Brown Skin Gal" (Ken Khouri) | trad. | Gaylads "Brown Skin Gal" (Dodd 1966) |
| Hubert Porter "Miss Goosy (Medley)" (Ken Khouri) | trad. | Eric Morris "Number One" (Reid 1964) |
| Edric Conner "Nobody´s Business" (LP
'Songs From Jamaica' Argo 1952) Boysie Grant "Sweet Charlie / Mattie Rag / Nobody´s Business" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) |
trad. | Frank Cosmo "Nobody´s Business" (H. Cosmo 1964) |
| Louis Prima / Sam Butera "Papa Luigi" Lord Lebby "Papa Luigi" |
Ali / Cadena | Carlos Malcolm "Papa Luigi" (Malcolm 1965) |
| Arthur Knibbs with Cecil Knott & his Joybell Orchestra "Banana" (Stanley Motta, MRS) | ? | Laurel Aitken "Green Banana" (Laurel Aitken, Blue Beat 1966) |
| Lord Invader with Lionel Belasco & His Orchestra "The Soldiers Came And Broke Up
My Life" (Decca) Arthur Knibbs with Cecil Knott & his Joybell Orchestra "Soldier Man" (Stanley Motta, MRS) |
? | Derrick Morgan "The Soldier Man" (Prince Buster, Islam 1964) |
| Boysie Grant "Sweet Charlie / Mattie Rag / Nobody´s Business" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) | trad. | Lord Tanamo "Ol' Matilda" aka "Mattie Rag (Part 1)"
(Reid 1965) Baba Brooks "Mattie Rag Part 2" (Reid 1965) |
| Harry Belafonte "Matilda, Matilda" Lord Composer "Gal A Gully / Matilda" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) |
trad. Harry Thomas |
Prince Buster, Stranger Cole & Teddy Charmers "Matilda" (Buster 1965) |
| Lord Fly "Swing Lane Gal / Iron Bar" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) Mapletoft Pouille "Iron Bar" (LP 'Jamaica Mento', WIRL) |
trad. | Lord Tanamo "Iron Bar" (Lindon Pottinger 1965) |
| Harold Richardson "Healin´ In The Balmyard" (MRS / Stanley Motta) | trad. | Prince Buster "Healing (In The Balm Yard)" (Buster 1964) |
| Boysie Grant "Come We Go Down A Unity / Old Lady O / Linstead Market" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) | trad. | Prince Buster "Fire Stick" aka. "Old Lady Oh" (Buster 1964) |
| Lord Flea "Magic Composer" (Capitol 1957) | trad. Billy Saxon |
Sir Lord Tacky "Badder Man" aka "Bado Man" (Buster 1964) |
| Lord Flea "Shake Shake Sonora" (Capitol 1957) | trad. Menning / Samuel |
Laurel Aitken "Shake" (Aitken 1966) |
| Lord Flea "Naughty Little Flea" (Capitol
1957) Boysie Grant & Raymond´s Calypso Clippers "The Naughty Little Flea" (MRS / Stanley Motta) Ben Bowers & Bertie King´s Royal Jamaicans "Naughty Little Flea" |
trad. Norman Thomas |
Maytals "Little Flea" (Buster 1964) |
| "Soldering" | trad. | Desmond Dekker & the Aces "Soldering" (Leslie Kong 1964) |
| Lord Messam & his Calypsonians "Monkey" (Stanley Motta) | ? | Derrick Harriott "Monkey Ska" (Gay Disc 1965 / Pottinger) |
| Hubert Porter & the Jamaican Calypsonians "Ten Penny Nail" (Times 78rpm / Ken Khouri) | ? | Upsetters "Ten Penny Nail" (Sonia Pottinger, Gay Feet 1965) |
| Lord Lebby "Etheopia" (Kalypso 1955) | ? | Prince Buster "Come Along" (Prince Buster 1964) Hiltonaires "Ethiopia" (Dodd, Studio One 1965) |
| Count Lasher "Calabash" (Caribou / Dada Tuari production) | ? | Baba Brooks "Collie Foot" (King Edwards) |
| "Hill And Gully" | trad. | Alva Lewis "Hill And Gully Rider" (Bunny Lee 1968) |
| "Weel O Matilda" | trad. | Alva Lewis "Weel O Matilda" (196?) |
| "Hold Your Donkey" | trad. | Pioneers "Hold Your Donkey" (196?) |
| Edric Conner "Day Deh Light" (LP 'Songs
From Jamaica' Argo 1952) Harry Belafonte "The Banana Boat Song" 1957 |
trad. Attaway/Burgie |
Prince Buster "Day O" aka "Banana Boat
Song" (Buster 1964) Techniques "Day-O" (Reid 196?) |
| Edric Conner "Missa Ramgoat" 1952 | trad. | Theo Beckford "Bredda Ram Goat" (1969) |
| Edric Conner "Chi Chi Bud O" 1952 | trad. | Starlites "Some A Weh A Ball" (Ranglin 1970) Max Romeo "Chi Chi Bud" (1971) |
| Boysie Grant "Come We Go Down A Unity / Old Lady O / Linstead Market" (Medley) (MRS / Stanley Motta) | trad. | Prince Buster "Oh Lady Oh" (Buster 1969) |
| Lord Tickler "Medley #5" (Medley featuring "Jackass" / "Ya Ma Mama Ma Ma") (Ken Khouri) Lord Fly "Medley Of Jamaican Mento" (featuring "Fan Me Solja Man" / "One Solja Man" / "Yah No Hear Weh De Old Man Seh" / "Slide Mongoose") (MRS 1951 / Stanley Motta) |
trad. | Prince Buster "Tie The Donkey´s Tail" aka "Here Wey The Old Man Say" (Buster 1969) |
| Chin´s Calypso Quintet "Walk And Talk" (Kalypso 1958) | E. Williams | Nora Dean "Man A Walk And Talk" (Bunny Lee, Black Beard 1973) |
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Chin´s Calypso Sextet "Big Boy And Teacher" (Chin´s 1956) |
E. Williams | U Roy "Big Boy And Teacher" (Duke Reid, Treasure Isle 1970) |
| Chin´s Calypso Quintet "Night Food" (Kalypso 1958) | E. Williams | Duke Reid "Night Food Ska" (Duke Reid, Ska Beat 1964) Des All Stars / Rudies "Night Food Reggae" (UK, Grape 1970) Nora Dean "Night Food Reggae" (UK, Big Shot 1972) |
| Calypso & others |
| Original Artist | Composer | Jamaican Artist / Title / Producer |
| Lloyd Prince Thomas "Enjoy Yourself" (Que) | ? | Prince Buster "Enjoy Yourself" (Buster 1963) |
| Cyril X. Diaz & his Orchestra "Tabu" (Cook) Trinidad |
? | Gaylads "Africa" (Dodd 1967) |
| Lord Kitchener "Edna What You Want" (Melodisc 1960) | A. Roberts | lyrics quotet in: King Horror "Wood In The Fire" (Laurel Aitken 1970) |
| Lord Invader Andrews Sisters "Rum And Coca-Cola" (Decca 1944) |
Lionel Belasco, Massie Patterson (music) Rupert Westmore Grant (lyrics) |
Prince Buster "Rum And Coca Cola" (Buster 1965) |
| Harry Belafonte "Coconut Woman" (RCA Victor 1957) | Harry Belafonte | Desmond Dekker "Coconut Water" (Kong 1968) |
| Harry Belafonte "Island In The Sun" (RCA Victor 1957) | Irving Burgie (aka. Lord Burgess), Harry Belafonte | Winston Groovy "Island In The Sun" (? 1969) |
| Harry Belafonte "Jamaica Farewell" (RCA Victor 1957) | Irving Burgie (aka. Lord Burgess) | Laurel Aitken "Kingston Town" (Laurel Aitken 1970) |
| Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba "One More Dance" (RCA Victor LP 'Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall', 1960) | C.C. Carter, Rosemary Primont | Jamaicans "Woman Go Home" (Duke Reid, Treasure Isle 1968) |
| Marie Bryant "Little Boy" (Lyragon 1953) Mickey & Sylvia "Mommy Out De Light" (RCA Victor 1960) |
Henderson (credited to George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore on the Mickey & Sylvia release) |
Joya Landis "Out The Light" (Duke Reid, Treasure Isle 1968) Nora Dean "The Same Thing You Gave To Daddy" (Lee Perry, Upsetter 1969) |
| "Wings Of A Dove" | trad. | Prince Buster "Wings Of A Dove" (Buster
1964) Wailers "Flying Ska" (Dodd 1965) Carlos Malcolm "Wings Of A Dove" (Dennis Sindrey 1965) Blues Busters "Wings Of A Dove" (Byron Lee 1965) Byron Lee & The Dragonaires "Wings Of A Dove" (Byron Lee) |
| Sir Lancelot "Shame And Scandal" Lance Percival (UK) "Shame And Scandal In The Family" (Parlophone 1965) The song was written for the movie I Walked with a Zombie in 1943 and originally titled "Fort Holland Calypso Song". |
Lord Melody, Sir Lancelot | Peter Tosh & The Wailers "Shame And Scandal" (Dodd 1965) Derrick Harriott "Shame And Skandal" (Malcolm 1965) Blues Busters "Shame And Scandal" (Byron Lee 1967) |
| Count Lasher´s Calypso Quintet: "Mo-Bay Chinaman" (Ivan Chin) | ? | Four Aces "Hoochy Koochy Kai Po" (Leslie Kong, Beverley´s 1964) Lord Lebby & the Skatalites "China Man From Mobay" (Vincent Chin?) Lord Tanamo "China Man From Montego Bay" (Bunny Lee, Third World 1978) |
| Leroy Gittens "My Commanding Wife" (Leroi) | ? | Boris Gardiner "My Commanding Wife" (Byron Lee, Tiger 1970) |
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