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Years active
  
1960–mid-1980s

Origin
  
Montego Bay, Jamaica

Active from
  
1960

Genres
  
Ska, Soul music, Reggae

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Past members
  
Philip James Lloyd Campbell

Albums
  
Behold! The Anthology

Record labels
  
Blue Beat Records, Island Records

Similar
  
Byron Lee, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, Owen Gray, Laurel Aitken, Eric "Monty" Morris

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The Blues Busters were a Jamaican vocal duo formed in 1960, comprising Philip James and Lloyd Campbell. The Blues Busters were the most consistently popular Jamaican male duo of the early 1960s, and were part of the Jamaican party that performed at the 1964 New York World's Fair. They initially worked in cabaret shows to tourists in Kingston and Jamaica's north coast, but got their big break when they were asked to accompany Sam Cooke on his tour of the island in March, 1961. Taking inspiration from Cooke, on returning to the cabaret circuit they emulated the soulful harmonies of his performances and recorded a number of soul and reggae cover versions, having minor hits with "Thinking" and "Privilege". They continued until the mid-1980s, by which time they had released several albums, one of which was a tribute to Cooke.

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Albums

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  • Behold How Sweet It Is (1964), Sunshine
  • The Best of the Blues Busters (1965), Sunshine
  • Each One Teach One (1970/1971), Dynamic
  • Philip and Lloyd (1975), Scepter
  • Truth (1979), Sarge
  • Tribute to Sam Cooke (1980), Sarge
  • Top of the Pops (1982), Echo
  • How Sweet It Is (1997), Kingston Gold
  • Compilations
    The Blues Busters The Blues Busters Behold RB Version YouTube

  • The Best of the Blues Busters, Dynamic
  • In Memory of the Blues Busters: Their Best Ska and Soul Hits 1964-1966 (1993), Jamaican Gold
  • Behold! The Anthology (2005), Trojan
  • Singles


  • "Little Vilma" (1960), Limbo
  • "Early One Morning", Limbo
  • "There's Always Sunshine" (1962), Blue Beat
  • "Tell Me Why" (1962), Blue Beat
  • "Behold!" (1962), Island
  • "Donna" (1964), Coxsone, Blue Beat
  • "How Sweet It Is" (1965), Island
  • "Wings of a Dove" (1965), Island
  • "I've Been Trying" (1966), Dr. Bird
  • "There's Always Sunshine" (1967), Dr. Bird
  • "Each One Teach One" (1967), Dynamic
  • "I Can't Stop" (1967), Jay Boy
  • "I've Gotta Be There", Capitol
  • "Baby I'm Sorry", Dynamic
  • "Are You Changing", Hot Stuff
  • "Keep On Doing It"
  • "Love is the Answer", Minit
  • "Sweetest Thing" (1976), Dynamic
  • "Unless", BMN
  • Songs

    I Won't Let You GoBluesBusters Memorial 2008 · 2008
    Soon You'll Be GoneBluesBusters Memorial 2008 · 2008
    How Sweet It IsBluesBusters Memorial 2008 · 2008

    References

    The Blues Busters Wikipedia