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Roland Alphonso

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Roland Alphonso (Havana, Cuba, January 12, 1931 - Los Angeles, California, November 20, 1998) aka Rolando Alphonso or The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist. Alphonso came to Jamaica at the age of two with his Jamaican mother, and started to learn saxophone at the Stony Hill Industrial School. In 1948 he left school to join Eric Deans' orchestra and soon passed through other bands in the hotel circuit and first recorded as a member of Baba Motta's group in 1952.

Top songs

  1. Phoenix City
  2. Blackberry Brandy
  3. On The Move
  4. El Torro
  5. Blow Roland Blow
  6. Zapatoo the Tiger
  7. One Thousand Tons Of Megaton
  8. James Bond
  9. El Pussy Cat Ska
  10. Musical Resurrection
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  1. A Thousand Tons Of Megaton
  2. El Pussycat
  3. 20.75
  4. Sucu Sucu
  5. Back Beat
  6. Old Fowl Ska
  7. President Kennedy
  8. Skokian (Instrumental)
  9. Bongo Tango
  10. Look Away Ska
  11. Saucy Horn
  12. Scambalena
  13. Nimble Foot
  14. Guns of Navarone
  15. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
  16. Sandy Gully
  17. Song For My Father
  18. Pheonix City
  19. Feeling Fine
  20. Shot In The Dark
  21. El Pussy Cat
  22. Star Track
  23. Nuclear Weapon
  24. The Cat
  25. Guantanamera
  26. Determination
  27. You Can Depend on Me
  28. 1000 Tons Of Megaton
  29. Yard Broom
  30. Alipang (Alley Pon)
  31. Nimble foot ska
  32. Corner Stone (A Trip to Mars)
  33. Rolando Special
  34. From Russia With Love
  35. Jack Ruby
  36. Payton Place
  37. Sax Skandal
  38. Lover Boy
  39. Music House
  40. Scambelena
  41. Cleopatra
  42. Groovy Sax
  43. VC10
  44. Federal Special
  45. Non-Stop
  46. Hully Gully Rock
  47. El Pussycat Ska
  48. 1,000 Tones of Me
  49. Four Corners
  50. Dr. Ring Ding
  51. A.B.C. Rocksteady
  52. Hop Special (Whiter Shade Of Pale)
  53. Rolli Rollin'
  54. a shot in the dark
  55. Roll On
  56. Proof Rum
  57. Do It Good
  58. Grand National
  59. Jah Shakey
  60. Provocation
  61. Charade
  62. Tear Up
  63. Wild And Free
  64. A Shot In The Dark (Bonus Track)
  65. Rollie Pollie
  66. We'll Meet
  67. Sai Pan
  68. Something Special
  69. Rude Boy
  70. Never To Be Mine (O Sole Mio)
  71. Guantanamera Ska
  72. You Trouble Me
  73. Starlight
  74. Four Corners Of The World
  75. Pepe To
  76. Nimble Foot Ska (feat. Don Drummond)
  77. 1,000 Tons Of Megaton
  78. Independent Anniversary Ska (I Should Have Known Better)
  79. Rent Rebate
  80. How Soon
  81. El Pussy Cat Ska (Take 2)
  82. Nothing For Nothing
  83. A Shot In The Dark (Take 1)
  84. Stranger For Durango
  85. Maria Elena
  86. Alipang
  87. Blackberry Brandy - Original
  88. Pheonix Ciry
  89. Istanbul
  90. Musical Happiness

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