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Thread #120423   Message #2619602
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
27-Apr-09 - 10:54 AM
Thread Name: Songs with I and IV chords only?
Subject: RE: Songs with I and IV chords only?
Hi Eve, some specific songs are:

"Train to Skaville" - The Ethiopians (1967)
"Feel Like Jumping" - Marcia Griffiths (1968)
"54-46 That's my Number" - The Maytals (1968)
"Long Shot" - The Pioneers (1968) & "Long Shot Kick de Bucket" (1969)
"Do the Reggay" - The Maytals (*first song to use the word "reggay" (reggae) in the lyrics, 1968)
"Wet Dream" - Max Romeo (1969)
"Liquidator" - Harry J Allstars (1969) ... and its variation, eg. "What Am I to Do" by Tony Scott
"Everything Crash" - The Ethiopians (1968) / "Bigger Boss" - Ansel Collins
"Pharoah House Crash" - Prince Buster
"Fire Corner" / "Shoo Be Doo" - Clancy Eccles/King Stitt (1969)
"Skinhead Moonstop" - Symarip
"Dark End of the Street" (cover of Percy Sledge) / "How Long" - Pat Kelly

In minor:
"Java" - Augustus Pablo (1972)
? "Skylarking" - Horace Andy
? "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" - Black Uhuru (1981)

These are all from Jamaica.

Gibb