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Ain't No Love
Ken Boothe Lyrics

Ain't no love
Like my baby's love
It's like burning fire
Locked up in my bones
Ain't no lonely lonely days
Ain't no lonely lonely nights
And every littl' thing she does
I know that girl's all right

Cause I'll never find me a girl

No I'll never find me a girl
Who loves me like you do

Ain't no man Who got a sweet woman like me
You got every every everything everything, Baby
That one big men can claim
She's every point pointstream (?)
And she's ever rich man's bride
But I don't need no money, Honey
‘Cause you're always there

‘Cause I'll never never find me a girl
No I'll never never find me a girl
To loves like you do
Oh no... I'll never gonna find that girl

No I'll never never find me a girl To love like you do

Houh houh ou ou ou

Writer(s): Mich Hansen, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell, Joseph Belmaati, - Remee, Booker T. Jones, Terri, Tom Nichols

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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. Read Full BioKen 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