How Could I Live Riddim – Various Labels

How Could I Live produced by E.J. Robinson, Edgar Whyte, Coxsone Dodd, Joe Gibbs, Donville Davis for Top Rank, Parish, Tachyon, Studio One, Joe Gibbs in 1967

Produced in 1967 by E. J. Robinson, Edgar Whyte, Coxsone Dodd, Joe Gibbs, and Donville Davis across Top Rank, Parish, Tachyon, Studio One, and Joe Gibbs, How Could I Live pulls together a deep slice of Jamaican songwriting from the rocksteady era into later reinterpretations. The tracklist leans on a few key voices, with The Sharks’ original How Could I Live, Myrna Hague’s How Could I Live, and Dennis Brown’s How Could I Leave You sitting alongside Garnett Silk, John Holt, and Luciano cuts that keep the melody alive across generations. Rolando Alphonso’s Groovy Sax adds a strong instrumental touch, while the dub version rounds out the set with a looser, sound-system feel. It’s a familiar Studio One-era foundation song that has been reworked often, and this collection shows how durable the tune remained through roots, lovers rock, and modern reggae interpretations.

How Could I Live Riddim Tracklist:

1. [Dub] – Blessed Be The Almighty Version
2. Dennis Brown – How Could I Leave You (1978)
3. Garnett Silk – Blessed Be The Almighty
4. John Holt – How Could I Leave
5. Josephine Bryan – What Could I Do Without Jah
6. Luciano – Enough Is Enough (2007)
7. Luciano – Father God (2005)
8. Myrna Hague – How Could I Live (1978)
9. Norma Fraser – Promise Me
10. Prince Mohamed – Bubbling Love
11. Rolando Alphonso – Groovy Sax
12. The Sharks – How Could I Live (1967)