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Top 10 Records of the Year
1964 - 1966
(Based on JBC’s charts)
1964 - 1966
(Based on JBC’s charts)
Today, as promised, I’ll go back to a much more optimistic, much more creative, and certainly much more promising time in our country’s history. Specifically, I’m now looking at the period 1964 – 1966.
The previous lists that I’ve posted have been as follows: “Top 10 Records of the Year: 1988– 1990”; “Top 10 Records of the Year: 1985– 1987”; “Top 10 Records of the Year: 1982– 1984”; “Top 6 Records of the Year: 1978 – 1981”; “Top 10 Records of the Year: 1967 – 1973”.
(Note: There is a minor error in my previous introductions, as I incorrectly stated that I had posted a list for the year 1974. I never posted a 1974 list of chart toppers.)
1964
1. “Bonanza Ska”: Carlos Malcolm & the Afro Jamaican Rhythms
2. “Carry Go Bring Come”: Justin Hinds and the Dominos
3. “Jamaican Ska”: Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
4. “My Boy Lollipop”: Millie Small
5. “Wash Wash”: Prince Buster
6. “Sammy Dread”: Eric “Monty” Morris
7. “Tear Up”: The Skatalites
8. “Daddy”: Toots & the Maytals
9. “Simmer Down”: The Wailers
10. “Be Prepared”: Winston James
Other hit records that failed to make JBC’s 1964 Top 10 include: “Portrait Of My Love” by Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (#13); “I Got A Pain” by Toots & the Maytals (#14); “Cry Me A River” by Jackie Opel (#16); “Oil In My Lamp” by Eric “Monty” Morris (#18); “Eastern Standard Time” by the Skatalites (#19); “Sweet William” by Millie Small (#22); and “Wings Of A Dove” by Prince Buster (#25).
1965
1. “Wide Awake In A Dream”: The Blues Busters
2. “Every Night”: Joe White
3. “It Hurts To Be Alone”: The Wailers
4. “Snake In The Grass”: Paul Martin
5. “Dance Crasher”: Alton (Ellis) & the Flames
6. “Baby Come On Home”: Tony Gregory
7. “Brown Eyes”: The Saints
8. “Guns Of Navarone”: The Skatalites
9. “Ball Of Fire”: The Skatalites
10 “Sloopy”: Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
Other notable hits that failed to make the 1965 JBC Top 10 include: “A Place Called Love” by the Techniques (#12); “Burke’s Law” by Prince Buster (#14); “Little Did You Know” by the Techniques (#18); “Never You Change” by Toots & the Maytals (#21);
1966
1. “Keep On Running”: Wilfred “Jackie” Edwards
2. “The Train Is Coming”: Ken Boothe
3. “My Love For You”: Joe White
4. “Girl I’ve Got A Date”: Alton (Ellis) & the Flames
5. “Bam Bam”: Toots & the Maytals
6. “Rude Boy Ska”: The Wailers
7. “007”: Desmond Dekker & the Aces
8. “Put It On”: The Wailers
9. “Sunshine With My Girl”: Prince Buster
10. “Dancing Mood”: Delroy Wilson
Other notable hits that failed to make JBC’s 1966 Top 10 chart include: “Rude Boy Gone A Jail” by the Clarendonians (#11); “Shook, Shimmy, Shake” by Owen Grey (#12); “Sounds And Pressure” by Hopeton Lewis (#13); “Can’t Believe That You’re Gone” by the Blues Busters (#15); “You Won’t See Me” by the Clarendonians (#17); “Rudie Bam Bam” by the Clarendonians (#18); “Hard Man Fe Dead” by Prince Buster” (#24).
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