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The Carib Beats

The Carib Beats has been played on NTS in shows including Farhad Hakim, featured first on 14 January 2018. Songs played include Hard Time , Don't Throw It Away and Sweets For My Sweet.

Bobby Aitken IS a Cuban-born Jamaican guitarist and singer who had a string of hits in Jamaica in the 1960s and led the band The Carib Beats.

Aitken is the brother of Laurel Aitken, and recorded in the early 1960s for producer King Edwards. He had hits in the ska era of the 1960s with singles such as "Never Never" (1962, Blue Beat), "Baby Baby" (1962, Island Records), "Don't Leave Me", "I've…

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Hard Time
C. Dawkins, The Carib Beats
JJ Records1967
Hard Time
C. Dawkins, The Carib BeatsJJ Records1967
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Don't Throw It Away
The Itals, The Carib-Beats
Giant1967
Don't Throw It Away
The Itals, The Carib-BeatsGiant1967
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Sweets For My Sweet
Bobby Aitken Carib Beats
Doctor Bird1967
Sweets For My Sweet
Bobby Aitken Carib BeatsDoctor Bird1967
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Let Me Go, Girl
Uniques, Bobby Aitken, The Carib Beat
Lee1967
Let Me Go, Girl
Uniques, Bobby Aitken, The Carib BeatLee1967
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Keep On Pushing
Lloyd And Glen, Bobby Aitken, The Carib Beats
Doctor Bird1967
Keep On Pushing
Lloyd And Glen, Bobby Aitken, The Carib BeatsDoctor Bird1967
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Hep Time
Carl Dawkins, The Carib Beats
JJ Records1968
Hep Time
Carl Dawkins, The Carib BeatsJJ Records1968
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