![]() ![]() In 1967 he joined Soul Vendors to tour the U.K. He also worked as a studio musician at Brendtford Road and his voice can be heard in a lot of backing vocals till 1967. ![]() The trio was first planed to be his backing band, but soon they released a few singles as Alton Ellis & The Flames. Alton stayed in Kingston and worked as a painter till he found a new genius partner in John Holt, till Holt joined Paragons.Īfter that Ellis formed The Flames including his brother Leslie Ellis, David "Baby G" Gordon and Winston Jarrett. He scored some massive hits like Muriel / Walk All Over till Perkins left to the U.S. He first recorded for Blue Beat, Vincent "Randy" Chin's Randy's later like nearly everyone at that time for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One. His first musical steps happened in 1959 when he started with Eddie Parkins as Alton & Eddy. He grew up being a good dancer and winning some dance contests at Vere Johns' Opportunity Hour. He was the older brother of reggae singer Hortense Ellis and at the end of his life father of 20 children including Noel Ellis. ![]() Jamaican singer, songwriter, producer and promoter.Īlton Ellis was born in down town Kingston into a musical family and raised in Trenchtown, Kingston. Born: 1st September 1938 Kingston, Jamaica
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