Soldering - Desmond Dekker

The great man in his early ska days. The backing singers might be The Maytals, who were also with Beverley's at this time. I don't think The Aces had been assembled yet.
Ten years later a version of this song became a hit for The Starlights.

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• kong
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• jimmy
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[lasminitas100]

Ska, ska, ska!

[Queencitysoul]

@Dragonrdh Leslie Kong owned the "Beverly's" label and related businesses. Yes that is him at 1:10

[kingska64]

@bostonstump ,the maytals where never the cherry pies,miss credits!!!!!...and this song is called salery.,and another thing,the backing band is baba bookes band,minus baba on trumpet,funny????,well thats why i love ska,check out a chune by d.dekker and the maytals called "how will the poor survive",you will hear the maytals,but not d.dekker,funny!!!!!!,not realy,miss credits,and the cherry pies where a duo,as the maytals where a trio PEACE OUT,lmfao

[exeuroweenie]

Love at first listen for Desmond Dekker.First time I heard this though,I thought the chorus was "sodomy" instead of "soldering".

[drbassie]

Defintely not the Maytals but they did back him on others. Search for Dekker Jeserine and King of Ska (sounds like just Toots and a woman)

I think it is late enough for it to be the Aces, but I can't say for sure it is.

That is Leslie Kong at 1:10

[bostonstump]

maytals backed a few early dekker recordings as the cherry pies.

[kwacou]

@UltimateSkaFan He's a Jamaican of Chinese descent. Jamaica has the largest Chinese pop in the Carib. And an even larger Afro/Chinese pop. Naomi Campbel who's fathers last name is Ming. Tyson Beckford, Micheal Lee Chin, Stacey Anne Chin etc. The list is endless just google Chinese/Jamaicans.

[ochoriostube]

Byron Lee? (Dragonaires) He was a pioneer in Ska as I grew up in Jamaica. I could be wrong...