Wear You To The Ball Release Details
- Riddim year: 1969
- Total tracks: 11
- Unique artists on riddim: 11
- Key artists on this riddim: Anthony Malvo, Daddy Lizard, Pad Anthony, U Roy
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Wear You To The Ball produced by Errol Thompson, Joe Gibbs, Duke Reid, Coxsone Dodd, Prince Tony Robinson, Steely, Clevie, Bunny Striker Lee for Joe Gibbs, Bam Bam, Treasure Isle, Studio One, Flex, Teams, Jet Star in 1969
Wear You To The Ball is a classic late-1960s roots-to-deejay rhythm that ran through several of Jamaica’s key labels and producers, with the 1969 U-Roy cut and the Paragons’ original “Wear You to the Ball” among the best-known versions. The track has long been tied to Treasure Isle and producer Duke Reid, while the wider version history also points to Joe Gibbs, Studio One, Coxsone Dodd, Bunny Striker Lee, Steely and Clevie, and other hands shaping its later life. This release gathers a strong lineup that includes Dennis Alcapone, Earl Lindo, Anthony Malvo and Daddy Lizard, Brother Culture, Mike Brooks, Pad Anthony, The Blackstones, and U-Roy across different eras, showing how the same groove kept finding new voices well beyond its first 1969 run.
Wear You To The Ball Tracklist:
- Anthony Malvo & Daddy Lizard – Take You To The Dance (1989)
- Brother Culture – Wear You To The Dance (2006)
- Dennis Alcapone – Version You To The Ball (1971)
- Earl Lindo – The Ball (1970)
- Lizzy – Ten Feet Tall
- Mike Brooks – Send Her Back (2006)
- Pad Anthony – Take You To The Dance
- The Blackstones – I Just Want To Know (2006)
- The Paragons – Wear You To The Ball (1970)
- U Roy – Wear You To The Ball (1969)
- U Roy – Wear You To The Ball (1977)
