R.I.P. Alton Ellis; “Godfather of Rocksteady” Dead at 70
Pour out a little Red Stripe. Alton Nehemiah Ellis, the Jamaican musical legend known as the “Godfather of Rocksteady,” died last Friday (October 10) at Hammersmith Hospital in London. He was 70 years old.
Ellis came to prominence as a ska singer on the Studio One label in the 1950s. But it was in rock steady [...]
