Artist	Song
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes	Save a Bread
from Carry Go Bring Come - The Anthology ('64-'74) (2009)
Keith Blake	Musically
from Reggae Anthology - Joe Gibbs: Scorchers from the Early Years (1967-73) (2009)
The Cables	What Kind of a World
from Full Up: More Hits from Studio One (2006)
Delroy Wilson	Riding for a Fall
from The Best of Delroy Wilson - Original Eighteen Deluxe Edition (2006)
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Let Him Go
from One Love at Studio One (2006)
The Techniques	Love Is Not a Gamble
from Run Come Celebrate: Their Greatest Reggae Hits (1993)
The Uniques	Love and Devotion
from Golden Rockers (1970)
Kingstonians	Winey Winey
from Reggae's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5 (1996)
Errol Dunkley	Please Stop Your Lying
from OK Fred - The Best of Errol Dunkley (2009)
The Melodians	Swing and Dine
from Swing and Dine (1992)
The Supersonics, Ernest Ranglin & Tommy McCook	Ranglin On Bond Street
from Real Cool - The Jamaican King of the Saxophone 66-77 (2010)
Lyn Taitt & The Jets	Napoleon Solo
from Reggae Anthology: The Definitive Collection of Federal Records (1964-1982) (2010)
Yvonne Harrison	Near to You
from Caltone Special (2007)
Emotions	Buy You a Rainbow
from Caltone Special (2007)
The Termites	Do the Rock Steady
from Six the Hard Way (2006)
Tommy McCook & Lester Sterling	Inez
from Real Cool - The Jamaican King of the Saxophone 66-77 (2010)
The Gaylettes	Silent River (Runs Deep)
from Reggae Anthology: The Definitive Collection of Federal Records (1964-1982) (2010)
Stranger Cole & Gladstone Anderson	Just Like a River
from Bangarang - The Best of Stranger Cole (1962-1972) (2009)
Larry Marshall	Please Stay
from Reggae's Greatest Hits, Vol. 8 (1995)
Rudy Mills	Long Story
from Reggae's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5 (1996)
The Royals	We Are In the Mood
from "1964-1981" Sweat (2007)
Glen Adams	Miss Winey
from World Classics: Green Line (2006)
The Pioneers	Give It to Me (feat. Lynn Taitt & the Jets)
from Reggae Anthology - Joe Gibbs: Scorchers from the Early Years (1967-73) (2009)
Lloyd & Glen	That Girl
from Reggae's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5 (1996)
Ken Parker	A Change Is Gonna Come
from The Best of Groovin' In Style! (1967-1973) (2009)
Alva Lewis	Revelation
from Reggae Cellar Vintage Rock Steady (2010)

Comment:

Even though rocksteady’s reign really only lasted until ’69, when Jamaica’s rhythm downshifted into reggae, the sound still left behind a luminous legacy all its own. The Techniques’ heavenly hit “Love Is Not a Gamble” is a shining example of the doo-wop-influenced, harmony-heavy side of the style. If you’re wondering how Errol Dunkley was able to hit all those high notes on his 1967 single “Please Stop Your Lying,” it’s because the precocious hitmaker was only a teen at the time. And while the Gaylads ruled the rocksteady roost with R&B-rooted classics like “It’s Hard to Confess,” their female equivalent the Gaylettes — featuring a young Judy Mowatt — showed that the gals could get down too with “Silent River (Runs Deep).”

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