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| Original Artist | Composer | Jamaican Artist / Title / Producer |
| Eddie Cantor "Makin' Whoopee" (from the 1928 musical "Makin'Whoopee") |
Walter Donaldson | Baba Brooks "King Size" (Sonia Pottinger, Gay Feet 1965) |
| "Oklahoma" (from the 1943 musical / 1955 movie "Oklahoma!") |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Terry & the Hurricanes "Oklahoma" (Wirl 1966) |
| "Fiddler On The Roof" (from the musical / film "Fiddler On The Roof") |
Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick | Soul Brothers "Fiddler On The Roof" (Clement Dodd 1967) Soul Vendors "Swing Easy" (Clement Dodd, Studio One 1967) |
| "The Lonely Goatherd" (from the 1959 musical "The Sound of Music") |
Richard Rodgers | Tommy McCook "Lonely Reggae" aka. "Laba Laba Reggae" (Duke Reid, Trojan UK 1968) |
| Ed Ames "Try To Remember" (RCA Victor 1965) Roger Williams "Try To Remember" (Kapp 1965) The Brothers Four "Try To Remember" (Columbia 1965) (from the 1960 musical "The Fantasticks") |
Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones | Pat Kelly "Try To Remember" (Bunny Lee, Lee´s 1969) |
| Louis Armstrong "Hello Dolly" (Kapp 1964) (from the musical "Hello Dolly") |
Jerry Herman | Pat Satchmo "Hello Dolly" (Lee Perry, Upsetter 1969) |
| Julie Andrews "Mary Poppins" (from the 1964 musical film "Mary Poppins") |
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, | Danny Simpson & Tommy McCook "Mary Poppins"
(Duke Reid Treasure Isle 1968) Llans Thelwell "Mary Poppins" (Dynamic LP 'An Etc Holiday...') |
| Cliff Richards "The Young Ones" (Columbia 1962) (from the 1961 musical film "The Young Ones" aka. "Wonderful to Be Young!") |
Brian Bennett, Sid Tepper | Lloyd Clark "Young Love" (A. Barnett, Top Disk 1968) |
| Henry Mancini & his Orchestra "Baby Elephant Walk" (from the 1962 Paramount movie "Hatari!") |
Henry Mancini | Baba Brooks "Baby Elephant Walk" (Vincent Chin, Randy´s
1964) Roland Alphonso "Elephant Walk" (WIRL LP 'I´ll Remember Jamaica' 1966) |
| Henry Mancini & his Orchestra "Charade" (from the 1963 Universal movie "Charade") |
Henry Mancini | Roland Alphonso "Charade" (Leslie Kong, Beverley´s 1967) |
| Henry Mancini & his Orchestra "Mambo Parisienne" (from the 1963 Universal movie "Charade") |
Henry Mancini | Roland Alphonso "Ska La Parisienne" (Clement Dodd, C&N 1964) |
| Henry Mancini & his Orchestra "A Shot In The Dark" (RCA Victor 1964) (from the 1964 United Artists movie "A Shot In The Dark") |
Henry Mancini | Skatalites "Shot In The Dark" (Justin Yap, Top Deck 1965) |
| "How Soon (Theme From the Richard Boone Show)" Jackie Trent "How Soon (Theme From the Richard Boone Show)" (Pye 1964) (vocal) |
Henry Mancini | Roland Alphonso "How Soon" (Sam Mitchell & Keith Scott, Merritone 1967) |
| Joe Reisman Orchestra "The Guns Of Navarone" (from the 1961 Columbia movie "The Guns Of Navarone" / Landa 1961) |
Dimitri Tiompkin | Skatalites "Guns Of Navarone" (Clement Dodd, Muzik City 1964) |
| Matt Monro "From Russia With Love" (Parlophone 1963) (from the 1963 United Artists movie "From Russia With Love") |
Lionel Bart | Roland Alphonso "From Russia Wth Love" (Clement Dodd, Coxsone 1965) |
| John Barry Orchestra "The James Bond Theme" (from the 1962 United Artists movie "Dr. No") |
Monty Norman | Roland Alphonso "James Bond" (Clement Dodd, C&N 1965) |
| "Exodus" (from the 1960 United Artists movie "Exodus") |
Ernest Gold | Tommy McCook "Exodus" (Clement Dodd, Muzik City 1964) |
| "Bonanza", "Lonely Prairie", "Lone Ranger" | J. Livingstone, R. Evans "Lone Ranger" is an adaption of Rossini´s Wilhelm Tell theme |
Carlos Malcolm "Bonanza Ska" (Carlos Malcolm, Up-Beat 1964) Prince Buster "Little Joe" (Prince Buster, Voice Of The People 1965) uses the "Bonanza" theme |
| "Popeye" | Sammy Lerner | Granville Williams Orchestra "Popeye Ska" (Granville Williams , GWO 1964) |
| "Magnificent Seven" (from the 1960 United Artists movie "The Magnificent Seven") |
Elmer Bernstein | Baba Brooks & Lynn Taitt "Magnificent Ska" (Duke Reid, first released in 1998) Winston Wright "Magnificent Seven" (Rupie Edwards, Success 1969) |
| Anton Karas "The Third Man Theme" aka "The Harry Lime Theme" (from the 1949 British Lion movie "The Third Man", Decca 1950) |
Anton Karas | Skatalites "Third Man Ska" (Clement Dodd, Supreme 1966) Granville Williams Orchestra "Third Man Theme" (Granville Williams , GWO 1966) |
| "Peter Gunn" (from the 1958 television series "Peter Gunn") |
Henry Mancini | Buster´s All Stars "Jet 707" (Prince Buster, Wild Bells 1964) |
| Johnny Spence Orchestra "The Dr. Kildare Theme" 1962 Richard Chamberlain (MGM) (from the 1961 television series "Dr. Kildare") |
Jerry Goldsmith, Pete Rugolo, Hal Winn | Roland Alphonso "Dr. Kildare" (Clement Dodd, All Stars 1964) |
| Neal Hefti "Batman Theme" (RCA Victor 1966) (from the 1966 television series "Batman" ) |
Neal Hefti | Lynn Taitt "Bat Man" (Sam Mitchell & Keith Scott, Merritone 1968) |
| Neal Hefti "The Mafista" (LP 'Batman Theme and 11 Hefti Bat Songs', RCA Victor 1966) (from the 1966 television series "Batman" ) |
Neal Hefti | Abyssinians "Satta Massa Gana" (Linford Manning, Clinch 1969) Not a cover version, but definitely inspired by "The Mafista"! Or was it Willie Tee "All For One" (AFO 1962)? |
| Marketts "Bat Cape" (LP 'The Batman Theme', Warner Bros. 1966) (from the 1966 television series "Batman" ) |
Dick Glasser / Al Capps | Lynn Taitt & the Jets "Mr. Dooby" (Sam Mitchell & Keith Scott, Merritone 1968) |
| Laurie Johnson Orchestra "Echo Four Two" (from the 1961 television series "Echo Four Two" ) |
Laurie Johnson | Roland Alphonso "Ball Of Fire" (Clement Dodd, Coxsone 1965) |
| Laurie Johnson Orchestra "Sucu Sucu" (from the 1961/62 British television series "Top Secret") The song was originally interpreted in 1960 by Ping Ping, a Surinamese singer. |
Tarateño Rojas (1958) | Roland Alphonso "Sucu Sucu" (Clement Dodd, Muzik City 1964) |
| "Samba De Orfeu" (from the 1959 movie "Black Orpheus") |
Luiz Bonfa | Skatalites "Black Sunday" (Clement Dodd, C&N 1964) |
| Mr. Acker Bilk "Stranger On The Shore" (Columbia
1961) (from the BBC TV series) |
Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin | Val Bennett "Popeye On The Shore" aka "Stranger
On The Shore" (Lee Perry, Upset 1968) David Isaacs "Stranger On The Shore" (Lee Perry, Justice League 1973) |
| "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" (from the 1966 United Artists movie "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly") |
Ennio Morricone | Llans Thelwell "Good, Bad And Ugly" (Dynamic LP 'An Etc Holiday...') |
| Hugo Winterhalter "Theme From A Summer Place" (1959) Percy Faith "Theme From A Summer Place" (Columbia 1959) (from the 1959 Warner Bros. movie "A Summer Place") |
Max Steiner | Crystalites "Illya Kuryakin" (Derrick Harriott, Crystal 1968) |
| Talat Mehmood and Shamshad Begum "Milte Hi Ankhen Dil Hua Diwana" (from the 1950 Bollywood movie "Babul") |
Naushad Ali, Shakeel Badayuni | Sam Carty "Bird In Hand" (Lee Perry, Upsetter LP 'Return Of The Super Ape' 1978) |
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