keyboard player, and singer.
Anderson has played a major part in the island's musical history, playing a key role in defining the ska sound and the rocksteady beat, and playing on hundreds of recordings as a session musician, a solo artist, and as leader of Gladdy's All Stars, featuring bassist Jackie Jackson, drummer Winston Grennan, guitarist Hux Brown, and keyboardist Winston Wright. As Harry J All Stars the band had a massive hit in Jamaica and United Kingdom with the instrumental song "The Liquidator" 1969.
Anderson was taught piano at home by his uncle, the keyboardist and bandleader Aubrey Adams. He became a prominent studio pianist in the late 1950s, when he began working for Duke Reid. He worked at Reid's Treasure Isle studio, generally replacing Jackie Mittoo when The Skatalites recorded there,
also working for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd and Leslie Kong, and was a member of Lynn Taitt's group The Jets, playing on many of the key ska and rocksteady recordings, and helping to define the ska sound and the rocksteady beat. He was even credited with coming up with the name "rock steady", when he used the term to describe Hopeton Lewis's "Take it Easy", when the recording (that he had played on) was played back. He went on to work with producer Harry Mudie, leading Gladdy's All Stars, who were also known by different names when working with other producers, including The Aggrovators (Bunny Lee), Rupie's All Stars (Rupie Edwards), The Crystallites (Derrick Harriott), and The Dynamites (Clancy Eccles), and would later become the Upsetters when they worked with Lee "Scratch" Perry. He had success as a singer in the late 1960s working with Stranger Cole as Stranger and Gladdy, including the singles "Just Like a River" and "Seeing is Knowing".
His debut album, It May Sound Silly, was released in 1972, and became a best-seller in Jamaica.
Anderson continued to work with Mudie, working on the late 1970s dub album series Harry Mudie
Meet King Tubby's In Dub Conference. A second solo album was released in 1977, Glady Unlimited, again produced by Mudie. Anderson released a vocal album in 1982, Sings Songs For Today and Tomorrow. Anderson was also one of several keyboard players to play in the Roots Radics.
Words
Gladstone Anderson Lyrics
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Don't ever let me find you're gone cause that would bring a tear to me
This world has lost its glory let's start a brand new story now my love
Right now there'll be no other time and I can show you all my love
Talk an everlasting words and dedicate them all to me
And I will give you all my love I'm here if you should call to me
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away
It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away
It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away
The song "Words" by Gladstone Anderson and Lynn Tait is a beautiful love ballad that urges the listener to smile and talk in order to bring two lovers closer together. The first verse highlights the importance of a smile in any relationship, and how it can bring people closer. The singer also expresses his fear of losing his loved one and the pain it would bring him. He suggests starting a new story together and showing all his love.
The second verse stresses the importance of words in a relationship. The singer urges the listener to dedicate their words to him, promising to reciprocate with all his love. He acknowledges that some may doubt his sincerity, but he reassures them that his words are all he has to take their heart away.
Overall, the song is a beautiful representation of the power of words and the importance of sincerity and dedication in any relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Smile an everlasting smile a smile could bring you near to me
I am suggesting that you smile a lot since a smile could help us feel closer to each other.
Don't ever let me find you're gone cause that would bring a tear to me
Please do not leave me because thinking about losing you would make me really emotional.
This world has lost its glory let's start a brand new story now my love
We should forget about the past and start afresh since the world around us is not as it used to be.
Right now there'll be no other time and I can show you all my love
This is the best time for us to be together and I can express my love for you fully.
Talk an everlasting words and dedicate them all to me
Please talk a lot with me and say whatever is in your heart, I will listen and cherish every word.
And I will give you all my love I'm here if you should call to me
If you ever need me, I am always here to support you and share all my love with you.
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say
You doubt the sincerity of my words.
It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away
All I can do is use my words to win your heart and show you my emotions.
It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away
Again, I have no other way to convey my feelings but through my words.
It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away
One final time, I have nothing else but my words to make you fall in love with me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Barry Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb, Robin Hugh Gibb
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