1958 'Roll Jordan Roll' single (Caribou/JA)
1959 'Little Sheila' single (Island/JA)
1960 'Bartender' single (Blue Beat/UK)
1963 'Lion of Judah' (Black Swan/UK) 'Bad
Minded Woman' w/The Skatalites
(Rio/UK)
1965 'Sugar Sugar' single (Studio One), 'It's
Too Late' (Trojan/UK)
1969 'Jesse James'
(NU Beat/UK), 'Skinhead Train' (NU Beat/UK)
'Rise & Fall' (Doctor Bird/UK), 'Fire In
My Wire' (Doctor Bird/UK)
Born 22nd April 1927 - Cuba
Died July 17th 2005 - Leicester, England
Died July 17th 2005 - Leicester, England
Laurel Aitken The Godfather of Ska' (was no relation to Jewel Aikens although both did versions of 'The Birds And The Bees").
1957 'Roll, Jordan Roll recorded at' Island Records, founded by Englishman Chris Blackwell followed by 'Little Sheila' made it big in the Jamaican charts.
1960 Laurel emigrated to Brixton, London and became instrumental in the Ska movement with Island, Blue Beat and Doctor Bird record labels. Oh yes and he was also a member of the legendary Skatalites.
