Crying Over You: Anthology 1963-1978
Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" f… Read Full Bio ↴Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number One in the UK in 1974. The song, written by David Gates, was given a sympathetic light reggae feel and found instant favour in the West Indies and in the U.K.

Boothe seemed, at the time, to have the makings of an international, long-lasting, hit maker, certainly when compared to most of the other latter-day reggae acts. His smoother style gave him a wider appeal, rather like UB40 and Aswad. Boothe's choice of songs also showed the breadth of his musical taste. But for all that, he only managed one more hit in the UK Chart, "Crying over You", which made Number 11.

In more recent times, Boothe has also recorded for Bunny Lee, Phil Pratt, King Jammy, Pete Weston, Jack Ruby, Hugh "Red Man" James, Castro Brown, and Tappa Zukie. Plus in 1995, he teamed up with Shaggy, for a new styled version of his old track, "The Train Is Coming", which appeared on the soundtrack of the film, Money Train.

A double-disc overview of Boothe's Trojan years, Crying over You, was released by the label in 2001.

Boothe's official Web site is at www.kenboothemusic.com
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Crying Over You: Anthology 1963-1978
Ken Boothe Lyrics


Ain't No Sunshine It's always cold when she's away Ain't no sunshine when she…
Artibella Artibella, my pretty little darling Please come home to me A…
Black Gold and Green There is a land of your beauty Where blessing away it's…
Blood Brothers Growing up on the streets of Birmingham Where your home was…
Can't You See Can't you see she is lonely Leave her alone Let her stand…
Crying over you When you cry, you cry because you lose someone Or because…
Everything I Own You sheltered me from harm Kept me warm, kept me warm…
Freedom Street Let's not quarrel, let's not fight Let's get together, we al…
Hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Thank the Lor…
I Don't Want To See You Cry I'm going away But, baby, not to stay It won't be too…
I Shot The Sheriff Beautiful South, The Choke I Think The Answer's Yes (Heaton/…
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Keep My Love from Fading Now I know, now that you don't love me no…
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Let's Get It On I've been really tryin', baby Tryin' to hold back this feeli…
Look What You've Done for Me Now now yeah yeah yeah Ooh ooh now you're Now that you're…
Love Don't Love Nobody Sometimes a girl Will come and go You reach for…
Now I Know Now I know, now that you don't love me no…
Old Fashioned Way Now that my baby is going away This has give you…
Say You Say you... Say you... Say you'll never leave me again Say y…
Silver Words Baby, I'm not joking And it's not what I'm smoking I reall…
The One I Love I am a fool To love someone who don't love me I…
Uno Dos Tres Epa Un, dos, tres Un pasito pa'lante, María Un, dos, tr…
Who Gets Your Love In your sleep you've been talkin' Callin' every other name …
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You're No Good You're no good for what you have done, baby You broke…
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