Artist	Song
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love
from The Best of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (2005)
The Impressions	People Get Ready
from Ultimate Collection: The Impressions (2001)
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come
from 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (2005)
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Old Ship of Zion
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (2002)
Higgs & Wilson	Don't Mind Me
from Clancy Eccles Presents His Reggae Revue (1990)
Laurel Aitken	Boogie in My Bones
from Island 40, Vol. 1: Ska's the Limit (1959-1964) (1997)
The Drifters	Please Stay
from All-Time Greatest Hits & More (1959-1965) (2007)
Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
from Rhino Hi-Five: Otis Redding - EP (2005)
James Brown	There Was a Time (Live)
from Live At the Apollo, Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition) (2001)
Lord Messan & His Calypsonians	Linstead Market
from The Best of Jamaican Mento (2007)
The Abyssinians	Declaration of Rights
from The Best of Studio One (2006)
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up
from The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered) (2006)
Derrick Morgan	Forward March
from Island 40, Vol. 1: Ska's the Limit (1959-1964) (1997)
Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter
from Trojan Reggae: Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae Classics, 1967-1974 (2007)
Dion & The Belmonts	A Teenager In Love
from The Best of Dion & The Belmonts (2005)
Brook Benton	Endlessly
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Brook Benton (2000)
Beny Moré	Que Bueno Baila Usted
from Cuban Originals: Beny Moré (1999)
Chuck Willis	What Am I Living for (LP Version)
from I Remember Chuck Willis (2005)
Eric Morris	Penny Reel
from Gems from the Treasure Isle (Disc 1) (2006)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love
from The Best of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (2005)
The Impressions	People Get Ready
from Ultimate Collection: The Impressions (2001)
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come
from 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (2005)
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Old Ship of Zion
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (2002)
Higgs & Wilson	Don't Mind Me
from Clancy Eccles Presents His Reggae Revue (1990)
Laurel Aitken	Boogie in My Bones
from Island 40, Vol. 1: Ska's the Limit (1959-1964) (1997)
The Drifters	Please Stay
from All-Time Greatest Hits & More (1959-1965) (2007)
Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
from Rhino Hi-Five: Otis Redding - EP (2005)
James Brown	There Was a Time (Live)
from Live At the Apollo, Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition) (2001)
Lord Messan & His Calypsonians	Linstead Market
from The Best of Jamaican Mento (2007)
The Abyssinians	Declaration of Rights
from The Best of Studio One (2006)
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up
from The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered) (2006)
Derrick Morgan	Forward March
from Island 40, Vol. 1: Ska's the Limit (1959-1964) (1997)
Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter
from Trojan Reggae: Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae Classics, 1967-1974 (2007)
Dion & The Belmonts	A Teenager In Love
from The Best of Dion & The Belmonts (2005)
Brook Benton	Endlessly
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Brook Benton (2000)
Beny Moré	Que Bueno Baila Usted
from Cuban Originals: Beny Moré (1999)
Chuck Willis	What Am I Living for (LP Version)
from I Remember Chuck Willis (2005)
The Jolly Boys	Big Bamboo
from Pop 'n' Mento (2010)
Eric Morris	Penny Reel
from Gems from the Treasure Isle (Disc 1) (2006)

Comment:

In the ’50s Jamaica was so cut off from the rest of the world that the only roots music available was the local [i]mento[/i] (a kind of pre-ska calypso), and Jamaican boogie. But the young Bob Marley [i]did[/i] have access to American Top 40 hits, so he turned to chart-topping doo-wop for inspiration. The Drifters, with their velvet-edged backing vocals, generated more replicas than a Xerox machine, as reggae bands lifted their technique from hits such as “Please Stay.” Likewise, Frankie Lymon’s sky-high falsetto soaring over a [i]mmm-bop-a-mmm-bop[/i] bass riff in “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” boomeranged back years later in “I Shot the Sheriff,” after getting a reggae face-lift. And homegrown revolutionaries the Abyssinians unwittingly penned the first draft of Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up” with their “Declaration of Rights.” But don’t stop here; Marley’s roots extend even to American gospel and Cuban [i]son[/i].

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