Alton Ellis & The Flames

Got Formed by Alton Ellis after John Holt joined Paragons, The. After leaving from Studio One due to too less payment for his older recordings like Sings Rock And Soul, he signed a contract with Arthur "Duke" Reid. He formed a trio to back him called The Flames, originally his brother Leslie Ellis, David "Baby G" Gordon and a guy called Ronnie, later on people like Lloyd Charmers and Winston Jarrett. Memberership would fluctuate. Ellis quickly scored a major hit with the antiviolence plea "Dance Crasher," and the following year, he released what was arguably the first rocksteady single, "Get Ready - Rock Steady." When Alton Ellis moved to England in 1973, all his band projects in Jamaica stopped.