Global Voices Online » Caribbean: Remembering Alton Ellis Alton Ellis, the Jamaican musician who was a major pioneer of rocksteady music in the 1960s, died last Friday, 10 October, after a year's battle with cancer. As the Jamaica Gleaner says , though Ellis never had a big international hit ...Jamaican rocksteady star Alton Ellis dies | News | NME.COM Jamaican rocksteady star Alton Ellis died of cancer in London on Friday (October 9) aged 70. soul sides: ALTON ELLIS: RIP Sad news: rocksteady great (and one of the finest crafters of reggae soul) Alton Ellis passed away recently. I was a late-comer to his magic but I've been beguiled by it ever since. His catalog is massive but I've always had an ear for ... is this tight?: tight person of the day: alton ellis Alton Ellis is from Jamaica and is a huge baller. Mostly, he is known as being an innovator of rocksteady music. He was one of the first to actually call it "rocksteady" in a song and led the movement away from ska in the 1960s. ... The Mixdiggerz: Alton Ellis & Aspo - Workin' On A Groovy Thing ... The latest discoveries and updates of mixes, Dj live Sets, Podcasts and mixtapes around the web. Wax Poetics #32 - Paris DJs Norman Whitfield, Alton Ellis, and Earl Palmer remembered Links : waxpoetics.com Press Release : Wax Poetics is 7"×10" and printed on a high-quality paper. These perfect-bound editions are collectable reference books unlike any magazine ... Alton Ellis, RIP | MetaFilter "The King of Rock Steady," (or "Godfather" as he was sometimes known) Alton Ellis, passed away earlier this month at the age of 70. A romantic at heart with one of my favorite voices, he leaves 20 children two weeks after finally ... The Mixdiggerz: Alton Ellis - The Best Of (vinyl rip) Alton Ellis - The Best Of (vinyl rip). R.I.P. Sir Alton Ellis from Mon 2008-10-13. 56463.JPG. Artist: Alton Ellis. Title: The Best Of. Format: mp3, Vinyl rip. Country: Kingston, JA. Record date : 1969. Label: Coxsone #CSL 8019 ... |