Alton Ellis
Genre:
Reggae
Meta styles:
Rocksteady, Ska

Alton Ellis (1938-2008) was a musician best known as the innovator of rocksteady music. He began recording in the late 1950s and continued until his death in 2008, but he reached his period of greatest popularity in the late 1960s. Ellis was born in Trenchtown, a poor area of Kingston, Jamaica, and learned to play the piano at a young age. In his teens, Alton and Eddie Perkins formed Alton & Eddie, and began recording for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, scoring a hit in 1958 with "Muriel".

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Collectorama: Story Of Mister Soul

Collectorama: Story Of Mister Soul

2
Year:
2009
Tracks:
20
Bitrate:
180 kbps
Reggae Chronicles

Reggae Chronicles

1
Year:
2006
Tracks:
10
Bitrate:
128 kbps
Be True To Yourself (1965-73)

Be True To Yourself (1965-73)

3
Year:
2004
Tracks:
56
Bitrate:
320 kbps
The Duke Reid Collection

The Duke Reid Collection

1
Year:
1999
Tracks:
19
Bitrate:
192 kbps
Get Ready For Rock Reggae Steady (1967-74)

Get Ready For Rock Reggae Steady (1967-74)

1
Year:
1999
Tracks:
20
Bitrate:
128 kbps
Arise Black Man (1968-78)

Arise Black Man (1968-78)

Year:
1999
Tracks:
16
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Arise Black Man 1968-1978

Arise Black Man 1968-1978

1
Year:
1999
Tracks:
16
Bitrate:
192 kbps
Soul Groover

Soul Groover

1
Year:
1997
Tracks:
26
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Jet Star Reggae Max

Jet Star Reggae Max

Year:
1997
Tracks:
20
Bitrate:
128 kbps
Alton & Hortense Ellis (With Hortense Ellis)

Alton & Hortense Ellis (With Hortense Ellis)

1
Year:
1990
Tracks:
14
Bitrate:
128 kbps
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