Artist
The Skatalites
Jamaica · Formed 1964
The Skatalites is a music group from Jamaica, active since 1964. Their discography on Gatefold includes 16 records.
16
Albums tracked
23
In collections
1964
Since
Biography
Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Johnny Moore, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond, Lloyd Knibb, Lloyd Brevett, Jerry Haynes, and Jackie Mittoo began working together in 1963 and formed The Ska-talites in May 1964. McCook, Drummond, Moore and Sterling were all students at the famed in Kingston.
In August 1965 The Skatalites played their last show after Don Drummond's confinement to Bellvue Hospital for the murder of his girlfriend, Margarita. The break-up resulted in the formation of two studio bands, The Soul Brothers and Tommy McCook & The Supersonics.
The band reformed in 1983 remains active as of 2026. Despite the departure and / or death, one by one, of the all original members, singer Doreen Shaffer, who sang with the group in the 1960s, and a group of younger and older musicians continue to record and perform as The Skatalites.
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Discography
Their records — most-collected first.
Essential Artist Collection
2023
Platinum Ska
2016
Greetings From Skamania
1996
Ball Of Fire
1997
Hi-Bop Ska
1994
Stretching Out
1986
Walk With Me
2012
On The Right Track
2007
The Skatalites Play Ska
2007
In Orbit Vol. 1
2005
Guns Of Navarone (The Best Of The Skatalites)
2003
The Legendary Skatalites In Dub
2003
Bashaka
2000
Scattered Lights
1984
Independence Ska And The Far East Sound (Original Ska Sounds From The Skatalites 1963-65)
2016
Ska Boo-Da-Ba (Top Sounds From Top Deck)
1965
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