Latest Release
- MAY 10, 2024
- 1 Song
- Boothe Unlimited · 2019
- Jamaican Ska Recovered (Studio Recording) · 2004
- Puppet on a String - Single · 1974
- Say You · 1972
- I Am Just a Man · 1974
- Everything I Own: The Lloyd Charmers Sessions 1971 to 1976 · 1972
- House of Joy · 1971
- Boothe Unlimited · 2019
- Show Me the Show · 2010
- You're No Good · 2003
- 2021
- 2019
- 2017
- 2013
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- One of Jamaica's smoothest, most soulful singers.
Live Albums
Appears On
- Soul Revivers
- Soul Revivers
- THE TOKYO BLUE MOUNTAINS
About Ken Boothe
A huge influence on Jamaican music, Ken Boothe's work predates reggae, reaching back to the formative days of ska, when he had a successful early-1960s duo with Stranger Cole. Like most other Jamaican singers of his era, Boothe moved through the brief rocksteady period and finally into reggae. Heavily influenced by American R&B (and often called "the Wilson Pickett of Jamaica"), Boothe developed an organic, soulful style that became an important influence on "lovers' rockers" like Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs. Like John Holt, Boothe had as much success with reggae versions of US pop tunes as with straight reggae material, providing a model for UK pop-reggae crossovers such as UB40 and Culture Club.
- HOMETOWN
- Denham Town, Kingston, Jamaica
- BORN
- 1948年3月22日
- GENRE
- Reggae