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217:, Jamaica, Ellis was raised within a musical family which included his older brothers Leslie , and Irving who was a popular singer and steel pan player on Jamaica's North Coast. He learned to play the piano at a young age. He attended Ebeneezer and Boys' Town schools, where he excelled in both music and sport. While at Boys' Town Ellis performed as a dancer (in a duo) in the first show that a school director called Mr Bailey had organized for Vere Johns who had been invited down to talent scout. He would later compete on 455:, London. His death prompted a statement from Jamaica's Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia "Babsy" Grange, who said "even as we mourn the great Alton Ellis, we must give thanks for his monumental contribution to the development of Jamaica's popular music". A funeral service and celebration of his life was held on 3 November, attended by family, fans, music industry personnel and government ministers, with tribute performances from stars including Mr. Fix It 40: 298:. Many artists made records referring to the rude boys, including Ellis, although his records were consistently anti-rudie, including "Don't Trouble People", "Dance Crasher", and "Cry Tough". Releasing records under the name Alton Ellis and The Flames (the varying line-up of which included his brother Leslie Ellis, David "Baby G" Gordon and 250:
style, having a hit in 1960 with "Muriel" (from Dodd's first commercially oriented recording session at Federal studios), a song Ellis had written while working as a labourer on a building site. This initial success was followed by the release of "My Heaven", which like "Muriel" was a slow R&B
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Ellis regularly returned to England, working with several London-based producers and after spending a few years in Canada, from 1972 he based himself permanently in the UK. Ellis continued to record and perform regularly, recording in the early 1980s for emerging producers including
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Ellis continued to be active on the reggae scene until his health began to deteriorate. His latest works include performing all over Europe with a French backing-band called ASPO (About Some Precioux Oldies) at the beginning of the 21st century. Recorded in Bordeaux, France,
255:'s Randy's label including "Let Me Dream". The duo split after Parkins won a major talent contest and moved to the United States. Ellis remained in Kingston, working as a printer and after losing his job, he restarted his music career, initially forming a new duo with 501:(the track "Mad Mad" by Alton Ellis and the Sound Dimension band was released in 1968 on the Coxsone label) has been reused or sampled by many hip-hop, dancehall and reggae producers and artists. The recognizable three-note descending horn line was reinterpreted by 1303: 251:
ballad with the instrumental triplets and vocal harmonizing common to the ballads of that period. Further releases in the R&B style followed: "Lullabye Angel", "I Know It All", "I'm Never Gonna Cry" and "Yours". The duo also recorded R&B tracks for
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and the Supersonics, the first song to refer to the name of the new genre, heralded the new direction Jamaican popular music was taking. Ellis continued to have hits for Treasure Isle; working with artists such as
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on bass is considered one of the foundational songs of the rocksteady genre. The bass line of "Girl I've Got a Date" was allegedly duplicated in other international hits "
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and Studio One session band the Soul Vendors and on his return to Jamaica he worked with Dodd, recording the tracks that would be released as his debut album
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In 2012 it was announced that the main hall of the new Trench Town Multi-Purpose Building would be named the Alton Ellis Auditorium in his honour.
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in "Deliver Us" (1970) and "Back to Africa" (1971), both released in the UK on the Gas record label, a subsidiary of
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Statement From Minister Grange Expressing Regret At The Passing Of Jamaica's Most Famous Rocksteady Artiste
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album (with Tommy McCook and the Supersonics) is regarded as one of the definitive rocksteady albums.
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on his Treasure Isle label. At the start of his career Ellis recorded with his younger sister
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In December 2007, he was admitted to hospital in London for treatment of cancer of the
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record shop in South London, and started a record label of the same name.
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by the Jamaican government in recognition of his achievements.
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song "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng", which has in turn has been
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is the only live album Alton Ellis ever released (2001).
1310:", Monday, 13 October 2008, Jamaica Information Service 1051:"Harmonica Shuffle... Interview with Charley Organaire" 444:), but he returned to live performance after receiving 1167: 1165: 158: 148: 140: 132: 110: 96: 76: 64: 54: 49: 23: 370:Ellis toured the United Kingdom in the 1967 with 1353:, 9 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012. 1245:"Say a prayer for 'The Godfather of Rocksteady'" 505:, and eventually became known as the "Diseases" 1394:, 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013. 897:"Trojan Records state that he was born in 1940" 708:(Belleville International/Patate Records, 2001) 283:was moving on and the beat was slowing down to 344:The release of "Rock Steady" (1967) backed by 1220:Alton Ellis @ The Jazz Cafe 5th January 2006" 8: 1199:Solid Foundation – an Oral History of Reggae 521:and reinterpreted by a long list of popular 1407:. Jamaica Star. 5 June 2012. 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Index

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Alton Ellis performing live in 2007
Kingston
R&B
ska
rocksteady
reggae
Studio One
Trojan
Ackee Records
Bamboo
OD
rocksteady
Trenchtown
Kingston
Vere Johns
Coxsone Dodd
Studio One
R&B
Vincent Chin
John Holt
The Paragons
Duke Reid
Hortense
ska
rocksteady
rude boy
subculture
dancehalls
Winston Jarrett

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