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Score Of Memories by Jackie Mittoo & Winston Wright

Artist Biography For Jackie Mittoo & Winston Wright

Jackie Mittoo Was Born Donat Roy Mittoo In Browns Town Saint Ann Parish Jamaica And Began Learning To Play The Piano When He Was Four Under The Tutelage Of His Grandmother. In The 1960s He Was A Member Of The Skatalites The Rivals The Sheiks The Soul Brothers And The Soul Vendors. Among Mittoo's Contributions In The Mid To Late 1960s Were "Darker Shade Of Black" The Basis For Frankie Paul's "Pass The Tu Sheng Peng" Freddie McGregor's "Bobby Babylon" Alton Ellis' "I'm Still In Love With You" The Cables' Rocksteady Anthem "Baby Why" And Marcia Griffiths' First Hit "Feel Like Jumping". He Played For Lloyd "Matador" Daley In 1968 And 1969. He Emigrated To Toronto Canada At The End Of The 1960s. There He Recorded Three Albums Wishbone Summus Reggae Magic CTL And Let's Put It All Together CTL . He Also Set Up The Stine-Jac Record Label As Well As Running A Record Store. In 1970 His Song "Peanie Wallie" Was Versioned By The Wailers Becoming The Hit "Duppy Conqueror". 1 He Had A Hit With Wishbone In 1971. He Performed In Local Toronto Lounges Throughout The 1970s. Mittoo Assisted Toronto-Area Reggae Musicians Including Earth Roots And Water Esso Jaxxon R. Zee Jackson Carl Harvey Lord Tanamo Boyo Hammond Carl Otway The Sattalites Jackie James And Jason Wilson. Mittoo Continued To Record For Jamaican Producers In The 1970s Mostly Bunny Lee. 2 In The 1980s He Worked Regularly With Sugar Minott. In 1989 Mittoo Joined The Reunited Skatalites But Health Problems Soon Forced Him To Bow Out. In 1989 And 1990 He Recorded Wild Jockey For Lloyd Barnes’ Wackies Label. Mittoo Entered A Hospital On 12 December 1990 And Died Of Cancer On 16 December At The Age Of 42. His Funeral Was Held At The National Arena In Kingston Jamaica On 2 January 1991. Hortense Ellis Neville 'Tinga' Stewart Desmond "Desi Roots" Young Ruddy Thomas Tommy Cowan Clement "Coxsone" Dodd Were Among The Attendees. A Memorial Concert Was Held Around The Same Time With Performances By Vin Gordon Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace Glen 'Bagga' Fagan Pablo Black Robert Lynn Michael "Ibo" Cooper Ken Boothe Delroy Wilson Carlene Davis Tinga Stewart And Others Next Up An Organistmeister Winston Wright Ex Organist For Everybody!
He Must Have Had Sore Fingers In The Late 60's Early 70's As He Played On So Many Uncredited Tunes As The Upsetters Or The ****-All Stars. Fill In Your Choice Of Producer .
On This Compilation Winston Wright And Jackie Mittoo Are Produced By Sir Coxsone Dodd At Studio One.

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