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The band Alton Ellis was founded in 1938. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Trenchtown. Generally, music journalists would define Alton Ellis’s style within the genre/s of rocksteady, and other rock music.

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Bob Andy

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Phyllis Dillon

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John Holt

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The Paragons

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Ken Boothe

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The Ethiopians

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The Heptones

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Delroy Wilson

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The Gaylads

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Dennis Brown

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Hopeton Lewis

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Desmond Dekker

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Cornell Campbell

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Derrick Harriott

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Horace Andy

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Sugar Minott

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Alton Ellis genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for Alton Ellis. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of rocksteady, and other rock music.

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