Talk:The Skatalites

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I think this article links to the wrong Johnny Moore. Kappa 06:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Todo list
--Nagasheus (talk) 10:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC) //the list may be updated, some points may be cleaned
 * Add band history between 1989 and 2004, with for example, the "Ball of Fire" album in 1998.
 * Underline the evolution of the band from the 90's to the 2010's: most early members, some early members, 2 remaining early members. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.209.27.96 (talk) 20:26, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Check about Archie Lindo and ZQI.
 * "Jazz Jamaica", check the name, is it:
 * 1) Jazz Jamaica From The Workshop
 * 2) Jazz Jamaica - From The Workshop
 * 3) Jazz Jamaica: From The Workshop
 * Jazz Jamaica's musicians line-up
 * Names of Skatalites' members (ex: Doreen Shaffer or Schaefer)

band name pronunciation
hi, i want to know if skatalites is pronounced "ska-talites" or "skat-talites"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.5.199 (talk) 00:29, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Whichever you prefer. But I think it's supposed to rhyme with 'satellites'. Rothorpe (talk) 20:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

unsourced assertions
In the "Early years 1964-65" section, there is an unsourced assertion that "In fall 1964, Don Drummond's composition "Man in the Street" entered the Top 10 in the UK." Not only did Man In The Street not receive a UK release until 1965, it certainly didn't enter the official Top 40 chart used by the BBC - let alone the Top 10. This assertion should be removed unless someone can find evidence for a UK chart that it did enter - perhaps from one of the weekly music papers? Saying that, I've just scanned every week of the Melody Maker Top 50 from around October 1964 through to the end of 1965 and there's no trace of it - or any other Jamaican recording. Personally I very much doubt it ever entered a chart outside Jamaica.

This section is on firmer ground with "In early 1967, Drummond's ska adaptation of the theme to the film The Guns of Navarone entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart." - Guns of Navarone did indeed reach #36 in the main UK singles chart in April 1967. But I would like to see a citation for the assertion that Don Drummond adapted/arranged it. He may have done, but no trombone is audible on the record - certainly there isn't a solo - and it was probably recorded after his incarceration at the beginning of 1965. I can find no reference to him arranging it in the sleeve notes or credits of several compilations it appears on.

I'm going to remove these two unsourced assertions, feel free to put them back if you can find a citation (an actual chart for the first one - mentions like this of some record "getting in the Top 10/to #1 etc. etc." are very common e.g. in liner notes for a compilation and very often inaccurate).

To fix
Why does this article say both that this band was established in 1963 (in the article's text) and established in 1964 (in the infobox)? Please choose one or the other, the one that's true! 98.123.38.211 (talk) 01:32, 12 April 2024 (UTC)