Alton Ellis Alton Ellis & The Heptones - Since I Fell For You Love On Top
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Track | Duration | Preview |
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Since I Fell For You | ||
Love On Top |
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Alton Ellis - Love On Top
Alton Ellis - Since I Fell For You 1967 71
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Formats
- Vinyl
- 7"
- 45 RPM
Credits
Role | Credit |
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Written-By | A. Ellis |
About Alton Ellis Alton Ellis & The Heptones
Born: 1st September 1938 Kingston, Jamaica
Died: 10th October 2008 London, England
Jamaican singer, songwriter, producer and promoter.
Alton Ellis was born in down town Kingston into a musical family and raised in Trenchtown, Kingston. He was the older brother of reggae singer and at the end of his life father of 20 children including .
He grew up being a good dancer and winning some dance contests at Vere Johns' Opportunity Hour. His first musical steps happened in 1959 when he started with as . He first recorded for , 's later like nearly everyone at that time for 's . He scored hits like till Perkins left to the U.S. and he had to look for a new partner. Alton stayed in Kingston and worked as a painter till he found a new partner in , till Holt joined .
After that Ellis formed including his brother Leslie Ellis, David "Baby G" Gordon and . The trio was first planed to be his backing band, but soon they released a few singles as . He also worked as a studio musician at Brendtford Road and his voice can be heard in a lot of backing vocals till 1967. In 1967 he joined to tour the U.K.
He also released the first declared rocksteady song "Get Ready - Rocksteady" which can be found on . He music happened cause in a recording session, the bassist didn't show up and Ellis forced organ maestro to play bass instead. Mittoo couldn't keep the speed and that's why a slower rhythm emerged. He released another classic rocksteady record . After leaving Studio One cause due to payment reasons, he signed a contract a Dodd's big rival 's . Reid's good connections to the U.K. allowed that Alton got well distributed through and .
He traveled regularly to England, and even moved there in 1973 after spending some years in Toronto, Canada. When moving to the U.K., he stopped all his Jamaican band projects. In London, he started his own business with a record store called , later also converged to a same titled label. He recorded with British producers and toured till the end of his life.
In 2007 Alton was inducted into the Hall Of Fame at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA). He died in London 10 October 2008 at Hammersmith Hospital, of cancer.
Real Name
- Alton Nehemiah Ellis
Name Vars
- A Ellis
- A. Allis
- A. Ellis
- A. Ellis O.D.
- A. N. Ellis
- A.A. Ellis
- A.E. Ellis
- A.Ellis
- Alton
- Alton Ellis O.D
- Alton Ellis O.D.
- Alton Ellis OD
- Alton Elliss
- Alton N Ellis
- Alton N. Ellis O.D.
- Alton Neamiah Ellis
- Alton Nehemiah Ellis
- Anton Ellis
- E. Ellis
- Ellis
- Ellis Alton Neamiah
- Ellis, Alton
- Lovers Ellis
- Mr Alton Ellis
- Mr. Alton Ellis
- Neamiah
- S. Ellis
- S.Ellis
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