Derrick & Patsy

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Derrick & Patsy were Jamaica's first boy-girl vocal duo, and across the early '60s they cut a stream of hit singles that were equally heavy-hitters among Britain's West Indian community. Derrick Morgan was already a studio veteran, recording his first song — and hit — in 1959, "Lover Boy." Millicent "Patsy" Todd was an unknown, helped to stardom by her mother. She approached Morgan on Orange Street in 1960, urging him to come hear her daughter sing. Morgan agreed, accompanied her home, and there the young Todd hummed him a few lines of a gospel number. Inspired, he penned a song for the singer on the spot, "Love Not to Brag." The pair took the number to Treasure Isle, and although it swept through the sound systems, producer Duke Reid only released it on disc in 1962. The duo's follow-up, "Feel So Fine," a version of a Shirley & Lee hit, was another sound system smash, which Reid released in 1961 and promptly licensed to Blue Beat in the U.K. Their cover of "Let the Good Times Roll" proved just as popular. Even as Reid held back their singles, Derrick & Patsy kept recording for him. "Baby Please Don't Leave Me," "I Wish I Were an Apple," "Oh Shirley," "You Done Me Wrong," and "You I Love" were among the songs that landed on disc between 1961 and 1962. Eventually, though, Morgan had enough, and he and Todd left. Making the studio rounds, the duo cut "Will You Marry Me" for Vincent Chin and "Crying in the Chapel," "Give Me Back," and "Tears on My Pillow" for R. Robinson. Then

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The Story Of Jamaican Music

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Trojan Presents: Ska

The Story Of Jamaican Music: Forward March 1958-1967 [Disc 1]

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Birth Of Ska

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The Story Of Jamaican Music: 1958-1967 [Disc 1]

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Trojan Mod Reggae Collection

Hog in a Cocoa

Trojan Reggae Duets Box Set

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Trojan Jamaican R&B Box Set (Disc 2)

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Moon Hop: Best Of The Early Years 1960-'69

Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set

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The Story Of Treasure Isle

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