Dandy Livingstone made records in England from the early 60s

'Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966.[1] A successor to ska and a precursor to reggae,
rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons.
The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rock Steady".
Dances performed to rocksteady were less energetic than the earlier ska dances.
The first international rocksteady hit was "Hold Me Tight" (1968) by the American soul singer Johnny Nash; it reached number one in Canada.' -wikipedia

For more information the film Rock Steady is great viewing


The Gaylads reunion in 2011. The guy in the middle is the great Harris "Bibby" Seaton. I met him once at Peckings Studio 1. Lovely guy. The Gaylads were one of the greatest groups along with The Heptones, The Paragons and The Melodians


Rock Steady Special 2

Bigger Things- Tommy McCook (Caltone)
Facts Of Life- Karl 'Cannonball' Bryan (Blue Cat) [wrongly labelled Way Of Life by Joe White, flip of that singer's cover of Mayfield's I'm so Proud]
Peace And Love- Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All stars (Pyramid)
Rock Fort Rock- Soul Vendors (Studio 1)
Mabrook Wailing- Tommy McCook & The supersonics (Treasure Isle)
It's Raining- The Treetops (Trojan)
Things Of The Past- Phylis Dillon (Trojan)
Me Never Hold You- Dawn Penn (Striker Lee) answer to Let Me Go Girl by Slim Smith
Lesson Of Love- Slim Smith (Lee's)
You Are Not Mine- Pat kelly (Lee's)
I'm Gonna Let- Mellotones (Amalgamated)
The Upsetter- Lee Perry (Amalgamated) tune to Coxsone's head gave Perry his moniker
The Ruler- Derrick Morgan (Hop)
Stumbling Block- Derrick Morgan with Lyn Tait & The Jets (Hop)
On The Town- Bunny & Ruddy (Beverley's)
Cover Your Mouth- Johnny Melody (Beverley's)
Hold On- Toots & The Maytals (Pyramid)
Stir It Up- The Wailers (Trojan)
Look To The sky- Keith & Tex (Explosion)
Stop That Train- Keith & Tex (Trojan)
This Train- The Ethiopians (Gay Feet)
Eternal Love- Viceroys (Next Step) from Derrick Morgan productions EP called Cool Rocksteady vol 1
I Don't Care At All- The Hamlins (Matador)
Love And Devotion- Uniques (Techniques) Lloyd Chalmers, Winston Riley & Slim Smith
Lonely Lover- Sensations (Wirl)
Pretty Face- The Sealmates (Collins)
Looking For A Girl- The Gaylads (Soul Beat)
Do It To Me Baby- Lloyd & The Groovers with Lynn Tait & The Jets (Caltone)
No One To Give Me Love- Larry & Alvin (Caltone)
My Heart Is Gone- John Holt (Sunshot)
In Love With Me- Monty Morris (New Beat)
A Little Bit Will Do- Freddie McKay & The Aces (Ace's) Barry Howard prod
Hold Me Baby- Basil Daley (Studio 1)
Smile- The Silvertones (Studio 1)
By By Baby- Zoot Simms (Supreme)

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Do the Rock Steady while listenning to this show!

Rocksteady Crew is unrelated!