Laurel Aitken

Real Name:Lorenzo Aitken, Laurel Aitken
Profile:Born April 22, 1927 on Cuba, Laurel Aitken moved to Jamaica with his family as a child. In the 1950s, he became one of Jamaica's first recording artists, standing on the edge between r'n'b, boogie and ska. In the 1960s Aitken moved to England, where he managed to score a few chart hits and continued to play with various ska bands until his death from a heart attack in 2005, July 17.
URLs:http://www.laurel-aitken.surf3.net/
Aliases:Lorenzo (19)
In Groups:Groovy Beats, King Edward Allstars, Laurel & Girlie, Laurel Aitken Band, The
Name Variations: All | Laurel Aitken | Aitken | L. Aitken | L. Aitkin | L.Aitken | Laurel
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Releases:
Aiken's Boogie / Cherrie (7")   Kalypso 1959
Boogie In My Bones / Little Sheila (7")   Starlite (2) 1960
Boogie Rock / Heavenly Angel (7")   Blue Beat 1960
Honey Girl / Drinkin' Whisky (7")   Starlite (2) 1960
More Whiskey / Papatino Boogie (7")   Blue Beat 1961
Please Don't Leave Me / Mighty Remember (7")   Blue Beat 1961
Back To New Orleans / Brother David (7")   Blue Beat 1962
Lucille / I Love You More Every Day (7")   Blue Beat 1962
Mabel / You Got Me Rockin' (7")   Dice (2) 1962
Sixty Days And Sixty Nights / Going To Kansas City (7")   Blue Beat 1962
Weary Wanderer / Jenny Jenny (7")   Blue Beat 1962
Adam & Eve / Devil Woman (7")   Rio (2) 1963
Life / Bad Minded Woman (7")   Rio (2) 1963
Mary / Hometown (7")   Rio (2), Rio (2) 1963
Remember My Darling / Lion Of Judah (7", Single)   Black Swan 1963
She's Gone To Napoli / Have Mercy Mr. Percy (7")   Blue Beat 1963
Sweet Jamaica / Bossa Nova Hop (7")   Dice (2) 1963
The Saint / Go, Gal, Go (7")   Black Swan 1963
Zion / Swing Low Sweet Chariot (7")   Blue Beat 1963
Bagaboo / I Remember (7")   Giant (3) 1964
John Saw Them Coming / Jericho (7")   Rio (2) 1964
Let My People Go / Pack Your Bundle And Go (7")   R&B (2) 1964
Rock Of Ages / The Mule (7")   Rio (2) 1964
This Great Day / I May Never See My Baby Anymore (7")   Blue Beat 1964
Yes Indeed / You Can't Stop Me From Loving You (7")   R&B (2) 1964
You Left Me Standing / Bug-A-Boo (7")   Rio (2) 1964
Come And Let Us Go / Seven Lonely Nights (7")   Rio (2) 1965
I've Been Weeping And Crying (7")   Venus, Venus 1965
Mary-Lou / Jump And Shout (7")   Rio (2) 1965
Clap Your Hands / Revival (7")   Rio (2) 1966
Green Banana / Darling (7")   Ska Beat 1966
Jamaica / I Don't Want No More (7")   Dice (2) 1966
Shake / Propaganda (7")   Ska Beat 1966
Voodoo Woman / Bewildered And Blue (7")   Rainbow (3) 1966
We Shall Overcome / You Left Me Standing (7")   Dice (2) 1966
I'm Still In Love With You Girl / Blue Rhythm (7")   Columbia Blue Beat 1967
Rock Steady / Blowin' In The Wind (7")   Columbia Blue Beat 1967
For Sentimental Reasons / The Last Waltz (7")   Fab 1968
Benwood Dick / Apollo 12 (7", W/Lbl, Promo)   New Beat Records 1969
Don't Be Cruel / John B (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Fire / Quando Quando (7")   Doctor Bird 1969
Hailes Selaise / Blues Dance (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Heile Heile (The Lion) / Call Collect (7")   Doctor Bird 1969
Jesse James / Freedom (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Landlords & Tenants / Everybody Suffering (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Lawd Doctor / Big Fight In Hell (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Pussy Price / Give Me Back Me Dallar (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Pussy Price / High Tide (7", W/Lbl)   Not On Label 1969
Reggae Prayer / Delivrance Will Come (7")   Doctor Bird 1969
Rise And Fall / If You're Not Black (7")   JJ Records 1969
Run Powell Run / A Message To You (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Save The Last Dance / Walk Right Back (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Shoo Bee Boo Bee / Baby Lon Gone (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Skinhead Train / Kent People (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Suffering Still / Reggae 69 (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Woppi King / Mr. Soul (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Worried Over Me / Rice And Peas (7")   Doctor Bird 1969
Baby I Need Your Loving / Think It Over (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Baby Please Dont Go / Nobody But Me (7")   New Beat Records 1970
I Got To Have Your Love / Blue Mink (7")   New Beat Records 1970
I'll Never Love Any Girl / The Best I Can (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Pachanga Part 1 / Pachanga Part 2 (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Sex Machine / Since You Left (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Share Your Popcorn / Mr Popcorn (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Take Me Back / Reggae Popcorn (7")   New Beat Records 1970
The High Priest Of Reggae (LP)   Pama Records 1970
Think It Over / Mr. Soul (7")   Unity (3) 1970
Can't Stop Loving You / El-Passo (7")   New Beat Records 1971
True Love / The Best I Can (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Dancing With My Baby / Do The Boogaloo (7")   Bigshot 1972
Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me / Two Timing Woman (7")   Bigshot 1972
Fattie Bum Bum (7")   Punch 1975
La Vieen Rose / Spanish Eyes (7")   Camel 1975
Big Fat Man (7", Single)   I-Spy Records 1980
Rudi Got Married (7", Single)   I-Spy Records 1980
Everybody Ska (12")   Unicorn Records (2) 1989
Rise And Fall: The Legendary Godfather Of Ska, Vol. 1 (LP)   Unicorn Records (2) 1989
Summertime (7" + Vinyl, Ltd)   Weser Label 1989
Everbody Ska (Berlin Remix) (12")   Pork Pie 1990
The Long Hot Summer - Jamaican Ska 1963 (Cass)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1991
Rasta Man Power (Cass)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1992
Godfather Of Ska (LP)   Gaz's Rockin' Records 1993
The Story So Far... (LP)   Grover Records 1995
The Blue Beat Years (CD)   Moon Ska 1996
Split (7", Promo)   Island Records 1997
The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 1 - The Pama Years (1969-1971) (LP, Comp)   Grover Records 1998
The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 2 - The Long Hot Summer (1963) (LP)   Grover Records 1998
Baba Kill Me Goat (7")   Reggae Retro Records 1999
Baby, You Got Me Lovin (7", Single)   Liquidator Music 1999
Ska Titans: Laurel Aitken & The Skatalites (CD, Album)   Moon Ska 1999
The Pioneer Of Jamaican Music (LP, Album)   Reggae Retro Records 1999
Jamboree (CD, Album)   Grover Records 2000
Jamboree (LP, Album)   Grover Records 2000
The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 3 - Godfather Of Ska (1963 - 1966) (LP)   Grover Records 2000
Rocksteady Party (CD, Album)   TKO Magnum Music 2001
Live At Club Ska (CD, Album)   Trojan Records 2004
Baba Kill Me Goat / Tribute To Collie Smith (7")   Kalypso  
Jeannie Is Back / If It's Money You Need (7")   Blue Beat  
Judgement Day / Yea, Yea, Baby (7")   Blue Beat  
Pretty Face / Come Back To My Lonely World (7")   BASF  
Skinhead / Hitchhike (7")   Grover Records  
Production:
Island In The Sun / Work It Up (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Leaving Me Standing (7")   Grape 1969
Scandal In Brixton Market / Soul Jerker (7")   New Beat Records 1969
Frankenstein / I Can't Stand It (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Groovin / Sugar Mama (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Here Is My Heart / Birds And Flowers (7") Here Is My Heart New Beat Records 1970
History Of Africa / Honey Bee (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Josephine / Champagne & Wine (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Musical Scortcher / Three Dogs Night (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Pum Pum Girl / Freedom (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Souls Of Africa / Dallas Texas (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Standing At The Corner / You Send Me (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Tennessee Waltz / Oldman Trouble (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Yellow Bird / For Your Love (7")   New Beat Records 1970
African Beat / Black Man Land (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Because I Love / Vally Of Tears (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Every Day & Every Night / I Fall In Love Everyday (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Give It To Me / Hot (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Guilty (7")   Camel 1971
Have You Ever Been Hurt / Our Day Will Come (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Only Heaven Knows / Freedom Psalm (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Your Testamony / Train Coming (7")   New Beat Records 1971
Guilty / United We Stand (7", RE)   Camel 1975
Riddim CD #02 (CD, Comp, Car) Rudeboy Is Back In Town Riddim Magazine 2002
Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set (3xCD, Comp + Box) Loch Ness Monster, Fun... Trojan Records 2002
Appears On:
Election / Tomorrow's World (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Musical Scortcher / Three Dogs Night (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Nobody Else But You (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Pick My Pocket / Freedom (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Same Old Feeling / So Much Love (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Souls Of Africa / Dallas Texas (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Yellow Bird / For Your Love (7")   New Beat Records 1970
Absolute Beginners - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Cass) Landlords And Tenants Virgin 1986
Couch Potatoes (LP) Boogie With The Barten... Weser Label 1989
Scandal Ska (CD, Comp) Love Me Baby Mango 1989
She Was My Girl (12")   Weserlabel 1989
Ska Fever (LP, Album) Do The Mule Gaz's Rockin' Records 1989
Ska Stars Of The 80s (CD, Comp) Sally Brown, Sahara Gaz's Rockin' Records 1990
The Blue Beat, Ska & Reggae Revolution (CD, Comp, Mono) I'm Still In Love With... See For Miles Records Ltd. 1991
Ska Boogie - Jamaican R&B, The Dawn Of Ska (CD, Comp) You Got Me Rocking Sequel Records 1993
Super-Ska • The Unicorn Ska Singles And Mini-Albums (CD, Comp) Witchdoctor From Amste... Unicorn Records (2) 1993
The Blackpool's Skampilation Vol. 1 (Cass, Comp) Sally Brown Steady Beat Recordings, Steady Beat Recordings 1993
Swingin' Ska (CD, Comp) Coconut Woman, Jenny J... Quattro 1994
Hard Band For Dead (CD, Album) Speak Your Mind Moon Ska 1996
Roots Of Reggae • Volume One • Ska (CD, Comp) Judgment Day Rhino Records (2) 1996
The Crazy World Of Ska! (CD, Comp) Mad About You Step-1 Music 1996
Flip F'real (CD, Album) Ska's The Limit Moon Ska 1997
Flip F'real (CD, Album) Ska's The Limit Moon Ska Europe 1997
Ska Island (CD, Comp) Rudy Girl Island Records (US) 1997
Skankaholics Unanimous (CD, Comp) More Whiskey, Hey Bart... Moon Ska 1997
Volume 1 • 1959-1964 • Ska's The Limit (CD, Comp) Boogie In My Bones Island Records 1997
In The Mood For Ska (2xCD, Album, Comp) Come Down (Live), In T... Snapper Music 2004
On Jersey Air (CDr, Album) Brother David Radbab Records 2004
Cigarettes And Alcohol (CD) Drinkin' Whiskey Mojo Magazine 2007
The Return Of The Pannonians (CD, Album) Sahara Megalith Records 2007
The Dawning Of A New Era (CD, Comp) Skinhead Mojo Magazine 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Club Reggae Volume 2 (LP, Comp) It's Too Late Trojan Records 1971
The Trojan Story (3xLP + Box) Bartender Trojan Records 1980
Absolute Beginners - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Cass) Landlords And Tenants Virgin 1986
Live In London - The London International Ska Festival (LP, Comp) Rudy Got Married Blue Beat 1989
Scandal Ska (LP, Comp) Love Me Baby Island Records 1989
Scandal Ska (CD, Comp) Love Me Baby Mango 1989
Ska Stars Of The 80s (CD, Comp) Sally Brown, Sahara Gaz's Rockin' Records 1990
Skankin Round The World 4 (Vinyl, Smplr) I Love You, Yes I Do Unicorn Records (2) 1990
Twelve Inches Of Pure Ska (LP) Rudy Got Married Staccato Records 1990
The Blue Beat, Ska & Reggae Revolution (CD, Comp, Mono) I'm Still In Love With... See For Miles Records Ltd. 1991
The Roots Of Reggae III (CD, Comp) Bartender Music Club 1992
From Boogie To Nyabinghi (CD, Comp) More Whisky Lagoon 1993
Ska Boogie - Jamaican R&B, The Dawn Of Ska (CD, Comp) You Got Me Rocking Sequel Records 1993
Super-Ska • The Unicorn Ska Singles And Mini-Albums (CD, Comp) Witchdoctor From Amste... Unicorn Records (2) 1993
Tougher Than Tough (CD, Smplr) Boogie In My Bones Mango 1993
Tougher Than Tough - The Story Of Jamaican Music (Box + 4xCD, Comp) Boogie In My Bones Mango 1993
Tougher Than Tough - The Story Of Jamaican Music (4xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Boogie In My Bones Mango 1993
Das Gipfeltreffen Der Volksmusik (CD, Comp) Muß I Denn Metronome 1994
Swingin' Ska (CD, Comp) Coconut Woman, Jenny J... Quattro 1994
Ska Mania (CD) Rudi Got Married Dino Entertainment 1995
Roots Of Reggae • Volume One • Ska (CD, Comp) Judgment Day Rhino Records (2) 1996
Ska Beats (CD) Sally Brown (Live) Emporio 1996
Stay Sharp III (CD, Comp) Rudi Got Married Liquidator Music 1996
The Crazy World Of Ska! (CD, Comp) Mad About You Step-1 Music 1996
This Are Moon Ska (CD, Smplr, Promo, Comp) Rudi Wedding, Sally Brown Moon Ska 1996
Ska Island (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Rudy Girl Island Records (US) ... 1997
Skankaholics Unanimous (CD, Comp) Hey Bartender Moon Ska 1997
Volume 1 • 1959-1964 • Ska Is The Limit (CD, Comp) Boogie In My Bones Island Records 1997
Volume 1 • 1959-1964 • Ska's The Limit (CD, Comp) Boogie In My Bones Island Records 1997
'Up Your Ears' Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Bad Minded Woman, Donk... Grover Records 1998
Legends Of Ska (CD) Sally Brown (Live) Emporio 1998
Rare Trax Vol. 5 - Summer In The City (CD, Comp, Car) Sugar Sugar Rolling Stone (Germany) 1998
Ska Hits (CD) Mad About You Emporio 1998
Ska Wars (4xCD, Comp, RE + Box) Bluebeat Suit, Rockste... Castle Communications 1998
The Ska's The Limit Volume 2 (2xCD, Comp) Rock Steady Rhino Records 1998
Up Your Ears! Volume 1 (CD) Sugar Sugar Grover Records 1998
Deep Ska (4xCD, Comp + Box) The Ska Is The Limit Proper Records Ltd. 1999
Up Your Ears! Volume 3 (CD) Mary Grover Records 1999
Black Is Soul: Pama Singles Collection Volume Two (LP) Skinhead Train Wah-Wah Records Sound 2000
Trojan Ska Box Set Volume Two (3xCD, Comp + Box) Hey, Bartender Trojan Records 2000
Street Corner - Ska Classics And The Original Rude Boy Sound (CD, Comp) (Hey) Bartender Metro 2001
Riddim CD #02 (CD, Comp, Car) Rudeboy Is Back In Town Riddim Magazine 2002
Rough & Tough: The Story Of Ska 1960-1966 (2xCD, Comp) Hey Bartender Trojan Records 2002
Trojan Jamaican R&B Box Set (3xCD, Comp + Box) Drinkin' Whiskey, Low ... Trojan Records 2002
Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set (3xCD, Comp + Box) Last Night Trojan Records 2002
One Step Beyond (2xCD) Rudi Got Married Virgin, Virgin 2003
Work Your Soul - Jamaican 60s & Northern 1966 - 1974 (2xLP, Comp) Never You Hurt Trojan Records 2003
Trojan Explosion! Intensified Club Reggae Classics (CD, Album, Comp) Slow Rock Trojan Records 2004
Trojan Document ◄ (2 versions) Hey Bartender Trojan Records 2006
Cigarettes And Alcohol (CD) Drinkin' Whiskey Mojo Magazine 2007
The Dawning Of A New Era (CD, Comp) Skinhead Mojo Magazine 2008
Trojan British Reggae Box Set (3xCD, Comp) It's Too Late Trojan Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Loch Ness Monster / Lover Come Back (7")   Grape 2006
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