1967
DUKE OF EARL * ALTON ELLIS AND THE FLAMES * TREASURE ISLE 7010 * UK
Originally recorded by Gene Chandler in 1961, and done here by Alton Ellis as a slightly more sincere and emotional version, with a hesitant and tentative violin appearing towards the end, an unusual instrument for this music at the time. This cut was later Toasted over by I Roy as I Roy The Duke
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