Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (1 September 1938 – 10 October 2008) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter. One of the innovators of rocksteady who was given the informal title "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.
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The Heptones
band
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Leroy Sibbles
Canadian musician
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Michigan & Smiley
musical duo
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Joe Gibbs
Jamaican record producer
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Hortense Ellis
Jamaican musician
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Ken Boothe
Jamaican musician
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John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer
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Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
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Gladstone Anderson
Jamaican musician
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Derrick Harriott
Jamaican musician
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Lynn Taitt
Jamaican musician
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The Gaylads
band
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Derrick Morgan
Jamaican musician
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Delroy Wilson
Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer (1948-1995)
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Keith Hudson
Jamaican musician
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Clancy Eccles
Jamaican musician
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Slim Smith
Jamaican singer
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Duke Reid
Jamaican record producer and DJ
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Dave Barker
Jamaican reggae musician
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Jackie Mittoo
Jamaican musician
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Dennis Alcapone
Disc jockey and record producer
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Horace Andy
musician
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Johnny Osbourne
Jamaican musician
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Lloyd Parks
Jamaican musician
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Jackie Edwards
Jamaican recording artist; musician and songwriter
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Owen Gray
Jamaican musician
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Yellowman
Jamaican reggae singer
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Phyllis Dillon
Jamaican singer
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Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
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Stranger Cole
Jamaican musician
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The Cables
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Noel Simms
Jamaican musician
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Al Campbell
Jamaican reggae musician
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Glen Adams
musician
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The Melodians
Jamaican rocksteady band from the Greenwich Town area of Kingston
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Cynthia Richards
Jamaican singer
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Winston Jarrett
Jamaican reggae singer
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Coxsone Dodd
Jamaican musician
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Dennis Brown
Jamaican reggae singer
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Me and You
band from Jamaica
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King Stitt
Jamaican reggae musician
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Roland Alphonso
Ska musician
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Big Joe
Jamaican musician
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The Viceroys
Jamaican reggae vocal group
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The Gladiators
band that plays reggae
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Larry Marshall
Jamaican musician
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The Ethiopians
band
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Freddie McKay
Jamaican musician
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Ernest Wilson
Jamaican musician
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Beres Hammond
Jamaican musician
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Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
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The Upsetters
Jamaican reggae band
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King Jammy
Jamaican dub mixer and record producer.
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Joe Higgs
Jamaican musician
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Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
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Sugar Minott
Jamaican musician
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Prince Jazzbo
Jamaican reggae deejay
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Carlton and The Shoes
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Bob Andy
Jamaican vocalist and songwriter
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Pat Kelly
Jamaican musician, born 1944
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Barry Brown
Jamaican reggae singer
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Ernie Smith
Jamaican musician
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Sonia Pottinger
Jamaican reggae record producer
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Lone Ranger
Reggae musician
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Soul Syndicate
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Cedric Brooks
Jamaican reggae musician
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Welton Irie
jamaican reggae musician
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Laurel Aitken
singer
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Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
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Keith & Tex
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Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician
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Jah Jerry Haynes
Jamaican guitarist