Carl ("Satisfaction") Dawkins Shot

[Historian]

Cops probe Bull Bay shooting

Published: Saturday | January 3, 2009


LATE LAST night the police were combing Bull Bay in St Andrew for clues leading to the shooting deaths of two persons and the injury of two others.


The Constabulary Communi-cation Network was unable to provide details but reported that the incident occurred about 6:15 p.m. at a plaza in Seven Miles, Bull Bay.

Among the injured were a fisherman and Carl 'Mr Satisfaction' Dawkins, a vintage entertainer who turned out chart-topping singles in the 1970s. At press time, Dawkins and the other man were in hospital.

[Gamma]

was "satisfaction" an r&b cover?

[Historian]

Re: "Satisfaction"

was "satisfaction" an r&b cover?

I have no idea, Gamma. What I do know, though, is that that recording by Carl Dawkins was a monster hit in Jamaica back in the early 1970s. In fact, "Satisfaction" is widely regarded as one of the biggest selling singles locally in the history of Jamaican recorded music. Put another way, it was the type of hit that is virtually impossible for an artist to surpass or even repeat, and Dawkins was not able to approach anywhere near that huge success ever again.

[Peter R]

Hope he is in "satisfactory" condition...almost another one on the list of performers dying by violence.

[Baddaz]

gamma, i think it was an original song... a good song but way too short... needed another verse... i think the producers rushed what could have been a masterpiece song...

[Mosiah]

Is there any sector that is safe? We have footballers who have been shot/killed. Looks like politics is the safest place to be! Ironic.

[Historian]

So True!

Looks like politics is the safest place to be! Ironic.

I agree with you! This statement is a really worrisome one, but unfortunately it's so true about our Jamaica today!