Movie Star produced by Alton Ellis, Bobby Digital, Donovan Germain, Bunny Striker Lee, Coxsone Dodd, Errol Dunkley, Roy Cousins, George Phang, Dave Kelly for Digital-B, Penthouse, Studio One, African Museum, Morwell, Take One, Tamoki Wambesi, Powerhouse in 1969
Movie Star Release Details
- Riddim year: 1969
- Total tracks: 29
- Unique artists on riddim: 26
- Key artists on this riddim: Alton Ellis, Bobby Crystal, Buju Banton, Determine, Galaxy P, Jahmali
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Movie Star Riddim – Various Labels pulls together the classic 1969 Movie Star rhythm with a wide spread of reworks from Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Errol Dunkley, Jennifer Lara, Charlie Chaplin, Buju Banton and Wayne Wonder, with the cut moving from the original Studio One-era foundation into later dancehall and dub versions. The riddim is credited here to a long list of producers and labels, including Alton Ellis, Bobby Digital, Donovan Germain, Bunny Striker Lee, Coxsone Dodd, Roy Cousins, George Phang and Dave Kelly, tied to Digital-B, Penthouse, Studio One, African Museum, Morwell, Take One, Tamoki Wambesi and Powerhouse.
Delroy Wilson’s 1969 Movie Star and Alton Ellis’s I Don’t Know Why are the key anchor tracks, while the set also leans on strong singjay and harmony appearances from Garnett Silk, Sizzla and Tony Rebel. It’s a good snapshot of how a Studio One staple kept getting reshaped across decades without losing its melodic pull.
Movie Star Tracklist:
- Dub – Bonafide Love Version (1992)
- Dub – Diet Rock Version (1980)
- Dub – Everything I’ve Got Version (1992)
- Alton Ellis – Movie Star (I Don’t Know Why)
- Bobby Crystal – Things Ain’t The Same (1998)
- Buju Banton & Wayne Wonder – Bonafide Love (I Don’t Know Why) (1992)
- Charlie Chaplin – Diet Rock (1980)
- Charlie Chaplin – Diet Rock (1981)
- Delroy Wilson – Movie Star (I Don’t Know Why) (1969)
- Delton Screechie – Jah Is My Light (1977)
- Determine – Frustration (1998)
- Donovan Smith – Mr Walker
- Earl Cunningham – Movie Star (1980)
- Errol Dunkley – Movie Star (1975)
- Galaxy P – Tickle Her Fancy
- Garnett Silk – Everything I’ve Got (1992)
- Garnett Silk – Everything I’ve Got (1992)
- Gladstone Anderson – Movie Star Version
- Jahmali & Sugar Roy – Can’t Fool Jah
- Jennifer Lara – Consider Me (1979)
- Jennifer Lara & Sound Dimension – Consider Me Pt. 2 (1979)
- Norris Man – Cool Meditation
- Sizzla – Trust And Love (1997)
- Sounds Combine – Movie Star Version (1975)
- The Morwells & King Tubby – Jah Star (1975)
- The Morwells & King Tubby – Morwell’s Star (1975)
- Tony Rebel – It Cant Work
- Trinity – Just Because You Are A Star
- Wayne Wonder – Movie Star
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