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Ken Boothe

Ken Boothe has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 55 episodes and was first played on 24 July 2013.

Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. 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 U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number…

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Is It Because I'm Black
Ken Boothe
Splash1973
Is It Because I'm Black
Ken BootheSplash1973
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No, No, (Remix)
Dawn Pen, Bunty, Ken Booth, Gregory Isaacs
Balantic0
No, No, (Remix)
Dawn Pen, Bunty, Ken Booth, Gregory IsaacsBalantic0
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Set Me Free
Ken Boothe
Studio One0
Set Me Free
Ken BootheStudio One0
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Everything I Own
Ken Boothe
Trojan Records1974
Everything I Own
Ken BootheTrojan Records1974
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Speak Softly Love
Ken Boothe
Starapple1974
Speak Softly Love
Ken BootheStarapple1974
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When I Fall In Love
Ken Boothe
Studio One1974
When I Fall In Love
Ken BootheStudio One1974
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Can't You See
Ken Boothe
Fab1968
Can't You See
Ken BootheFab1968
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Ain't No Sunshine
Ken Boothe
Splash1973
Ain't No Sunshine
Ken BootheSplash1973
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The One I Love
Ken Booth, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Caltone1967
The One I Love
Ken Booth, Tommy McCook & The SupersonicsCaltone1967
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Home Version
Dennis Alcapone, Ken Boothe
Coxsone Records1971
Home Version
Dennis Alcapone, Ken BootheCoxsone Records1971
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