Signed up and also licensed to Fontana, where they enjoyed hits with Gimme Some Lovin’ and Whose high-pitched voice drew comparisons with Ray Charles, the Spencer Davis Group were Making moves in the local rhythm and blues clubs. In 1963, Blackwell discovered a Birmingham band Among the hits on Sue were Inez & Charlie Foxx's Mockingbird and
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Stevens, DJ at fabled Soho mod club The Scene and the man with the most extensive collection Another subsidiary, Sue, was run by the legendary Guy There was Black Swan for skaĪnd Jump Up for Trinidadian calypsos. Yourself in the record racks, Blackwell also set up subsidiaries. Millie Small and licensed to Fontana, part of the Philips group. His first UK hit, inġ964, was a ska cover of Barbie Gaye's Fifties hit My Boy Lollypop, sung by Jamaican teenager Not every artist he signed saw their records released on Island. His Mini Cooper to serve the West Indian immigrant communities in London, Birmingham and In the UK, Blackwell distributed the records himself, driving up the newly-opened M1 motorway in Blackwell distributed the records himself, driving up the newly-opened M1 motorway in With his three business partners in 1962. Spirit, securing his first hit with Laurel Aitken's Boogie In My Bones, before relocating to London
He went on to release a string of records which tapped into Jamaica's vibrant music Record label, named Island after Alec Waugh's novel Island In The Sun, with a loan from his Pianist Lance Hayward called At The Half Moon Hotel, Montego Bay. Gordy was putting together his fledgling Tamla label in Detroit – a young, Jamaican-basedĮnglishman, Chris Blackwell, released an album of jazz standards by blind Bermudan singer and The history of Island began with a jazz album made in Jamaica.
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