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Biografía

Ken Boothe's official website: www.kenboothemusic.com His recording career began with the legendary, West Indian record producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. Rather strangely, Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet On A String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful UK tour with the group, The Soul Vendors. After leaving Coxsone, Boothe recorded for Keith Hudson and Leslie Kong. He then formed the group 'Conscious Minds' with B.B. Seaton. By the early 1970s Ken Boothe started providing hits for Sonia Pottinger. Ken is known as "Mr. Rocksteady" for his prominence during that musical period. Then suddenly, under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, "Everything I Own" was Number One in the UK in 1974. The song, written by David Gates, was given a sympathetic light reggae feel, and it found instant favour both in the West Indies, but more surprisingly in the UK. David Gates' own group, Bread, had had a minor UK hit with the song in the Spring of 1972, but it had only reached Number 32. The oddest thing about Boothe's cover version, is that he sings 'Anything I Own', rather than 'Everything I Own' throughout, thus making this record one of the few in which the title is never sung. There have been other examples of this at Number One in the UK Singles Chart, like "Bohemian Rhapsody"; "Unchained Melody"; "Annie's Song"; "The Chicken Song"; and "Space Oddity"; but Ken Boothe's record is the only one on which the title should have been sung, but was not by mistake. Ken Boothe seemed, at the time, to have the makings of an international, long-lasting, hit maker, certainly when compared to most of the other latter-day reggae acts. His smoother style gave him a wider appeal, rather like UB40, and Aswad. Boothe's choice of songs also showed the breadth of his music

Álbumes

Bob Marley + The Story Of Reggae (Disc 2)

Red Hot Reggae

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