Alton Ellis

Aliases: Alton & The Flames
Real name: Alton Nehemiah Ellis
Born: September 1, 1938
Died: October 10, 2008
Country: Jamaica
IPI: 00034211823 4 works
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: One of the original rocksteady performers, who was often called the "Grandfather of Rocksteady"
Family: Hortense Ellis Sister
Christopher Ellis Son
Related labels: All Tone founder of

Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
I Am Still in Love	Alton Ellis	1967	(13 artists)
I’m Just a Guy	Alton Ellis	1967	Carroll Thompson
It's True	Alton Ellis	1970	The Pepper Pots
Rock Steady	Alton Ellis & The Flames with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1967	Unverified
Willow Tree	Alton Ellis	1970	Dr. Ring Ding & Sharp Axe Band and Friends

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Ain't That Loving You	Alton Ellis and Hugh Roy with Tommy McCook's All Stars	1971	Johnnie Taylor
Ain't That Loving You	Alton Ellis & The Flames with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1967	Johnnie Taylor
And I Love Her	Alton Ellis	1981	The Beatles
Baby Now That I Found You	Alton Ellis	1967	The Foundations
Bye Bye Love	Alton Ellis	1968	The Everly Brothers
Can't Get Used to Losing You	Alton Ellis	1990	Andy Williams - Arr. & cond. by Robert Mersey
Gonna Take a Miracle	Alton Ellis	1970	The Royalettes
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right	Alton Ellis	August 24, 1999	Luther Ingram
I'm Still in Love	U Roy & Alton Ellis	2001	Alton Ellis
In My Time	Alton Ellis	1985	Teddy Pendergrass
Love Letters	Alton & Phyllis	1968	Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
Massachusetts	Alton Ellis	1967	The Bee Gees
She Boom	Alton & The New Establishment	1972	The Chords [US1]
So Much Love	Alton Ellis	1967	Ben E. King
These Eyes	Alton Ellis	1970	The Guess Who?
Too Late to Turn Back Now	Alton Ellis	1973	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
What Does It Take	Alton Ellis	1970	Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Whiter Shade of Pale	Alton Ellis	1967	Procol Harum
Wide Awake in a Dream	Alton Ellis	1970	Jerry Jackson
Willow Tree	Alton Ellis with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1968	The Shirelles
Working on a Groovy Thing	Alton Ellis	1972	Patti Drew
You've Made Me Happy	Alton Ellis	1970	Brenda Holloway

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
If I Follow My Heart	Alton Ellis	Dennis Brown	1972	Unverified
I’m Just a Guy	Alton Ellis	Alton Ellis	1967	Covered by Carroll Thompson
I'm Still in Love	Alton Ellis	Alton Ellis	1967	Covered by (13 artists)
It's True	Alton Ellis, Coxsone Dodd	Alton Ellis	1970	Covered by The Pepper Pots
Rock Steady	Alton Ellis	Alton Ellis & The Flames with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1967	Unverified
Willow Tree	Alton Ellis	Alton Ellis	1970	Covered by Dr. Ring Ding & Sharp Axe Band and Friends

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Alton Ellis Sings Rock and Soul	Alton Ellis	1967	Coxsone Records
Alton & Hortense Ellis at Studio 1	Alton & Hortense Ellis	1990	Heartbeat [US2]
Arise Black Man 1968-1978	Alton Ellis	August 24, 1999	Moll Selekta
Mr Soul of Jamaica	Alton Ellis	1970	Treasure Isle
Sunday Coming	Alton Ellis	1970	Coxsone Records

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ain't That Loving You	Alton Ellis and Hugh Roy with Tommy McCook's All Stars	1971	Treasure Isle
Ain't That Loving You	Alton Ellis & The Flames with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1967	Treasure Isle
And I Love Her	Alton Ellis	1981	Island
Angel of the Morning - Love Letters	Joya Landis - Alton & Phyllis	1968	Trojan Records [GB]
Bye Bye Love - My Lonely Days	Alton Ellis - Monty Morris	1968	Nu Beat
Honky Panky - I Am Still in Love	Roy Richards - Alton Ellis	September 1967	Studio One
In My Time - Version	Alton Ellis - Bammy	1985	All Tone
She Boom	Alton & The New Establishment	1972	Coxsone Records
Too Late to Turn Back Now	Alton Ellis - Impact Allstars	1973	Giant [JM]
What Does It Take to Win Your Love - Reggae Merengue	Alton Ellis - Tommy McCook	August 1970	Duke Reid
Willow Tree	Alton Ellis with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1968	Treasure Isle
Working On a Groovy Thing	Alton Ellis	1972	Pama Supreme
You've Made Me Happy - Continental	Alton Ellis - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1970	Treasure Isle