Biography
Alton Nehemiah Ellis (1 September 1938 – 10 October 2008) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter. One of the innovators of rocksteady, he was given the informal title "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Dutty Rock
2003
Studio One Kings
2007
Down At The Khyber
2001
The Trojan Story
1971
Studio One Roots
2001
Many Moods Of Alton Ellis
1980
Hottest Hits Volume 1
1977
Studio One Women Vol. 2
2022
Afrikan Blood
2020
Studio One Rocksteady (Rocksteady, Soul And Early Reggae At Studio One)
2014
Ghetto Youth-Ology
2009
Studio One Classics
2004
The Album
1999
Cattivi Maestri
1995
Spar With Me
1982
Love Is The Answer
1975
Presenting I. Roy
1973
Jamaica's Greatest
1972
One Life To Live
1972
Macka Fat
1971
Picture On The Wall
1971
Tighten Up Volume 2
1969
Sounds.... Rock Steady
1967
In London
1967
Credited work
1,091 releases · 365 albums · active 1961–2025
- Performance · 1,490
- Production · 178
- Other credits · 22
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Jamaica Recording Studio · Treasure Isle Recording Studio · Channel One Recording Studio · Easy Street Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Dennis Brown
- Alton
- Byron Lee And The Dragonaires
- Winston Francis
- Hortense Ellis
- Hugh Griffiths (3)
- Sean Paul