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The Skatalites

The Skatalites are a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms. They recorded many of their best known songs, including Guns of Navarone, in the period between 1964 and 1965, as well as played on records by Prince Buster and many other Jamaican artists. The founding members of the group were Tommy McCook Read more on Last.fm

Track: James Bond Theme

Album: Ball Of Fire

Album Details:
Album Ball Of Fire
Label
Release Date 1997-01-01
Total Tracks 10
Track Listing:
1James Bond Theme07:00
2Latin Goes Ska04:42
3Confucius05:59
4Occupation06:01
5Rock Fort Rock07:00
6Eastern Standard Time05:40
7Ball Of Fire06:51
8Swing Easy06:22
9Ringo06:19
10Freedom Sound08:27

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Guns of Navarone
281996
2Latin Goes Ska
146499
3Eastern Standard Time
132912
4Swing Easy
124469
5James Bond Theme
117765
6Rock Fort Rock
93061
7Occupation
68807
8Street Corner
66283
9Fidel Castro
63732
10Lucky Seven
58210

Other Album Releases:

Ska-Boo-Da-Ba
Essential Artist Collection – The Skatalites
Live In Argentina 2011
Live at the Belly Up
The Skatalites (Live)
Music from Ja: Ska
Platinum Ska
Ska Kings of the First Wave with the Skatalites, The Ethiopians, And Don Drummond
Treasure Isle Time
The Skatalites Play Ska

Related Artists

Don Drummond
Prince Buster
Laurel Aitken
Rico Rodriguez
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Jazzbo
The Ethiopians
Keith & Tex
Tommy McCook
Los Granadians del Espacio Exterior