1958
BOOGIE IN MY BONES * LAUREL AITKEN * STARLITE 011 * UK
Boogie In My Bones was the first issue of Jamaican origin on the Starlite label released in the summer of 1960, the last was Starlite 089 in October 1962. Not all the releases on the label were of West Indian origin, and some of those credited as Jamaican were recorded in Britain by expatriates.
Launched in 1958 the Starlite label was a imprint of Esquire records owned by Carlo Kramer. It was one of the early British labels issuing Jamaican releases, some of which were from Chris Blackwell's (Jamaican) Island label before he started that imprint in the UK, although he carried on putting out releases on Starlite even after he had set up his own Island UK label.
Boogie In My Bones is played and sung in the style of the hard driving and primitive Rhythm and Blues that was played in Juke Joints and house parties in the Southern United States during the early to mid 1950s. So popular was this record by Cuban born Lorenzo (Laurel) Aitken that it was still in demand several years after it was recorded, as the 1965 re-issue on Island shows.
BOOGIE IN MY BONES * LAUREL AITKEN * ISLAND 198 * UK
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