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"Wear You to the Ball" - U-Roy

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U-Roy's second 1970 Treasure Isle hit for Arthur "Duke" Reid, toasting over the Paragons' rocksteady rhythm; with "Wake the Town" it gave U-Roy multiple simultaneous chart entries and cemented the toasting record.

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Type: recording
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

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Story · Well supportedWake the Town: Duke Reid's rocksteady and the birth of the deejay record

How a toast over a Treasure Isle rhythm helped invent the modern deejay.