The Heptones

The Heptones is a Jamaican
rocksteady and reggae vocal
trio. The trio consist of
Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and
Barry Llewellyn. They group
together in 1965 in Kingston,
Jamaica. The trio was formerly
using the name "Hep Ones" but
changed it later and it become
"The Heptones". It was chosen
by Morgan when he saw a bottle
lying in the pile.

The trio recorded for most of
Jamaican record producers
during that time. They began
their career after the release
of unsuccessful single for Ken
Lack's "K Calnek" label under
the supervision of Coxsone
Dodd of Studio One. The
Heptones had several of
Jamaican hits for Studio One
which begin with "Fattie
Fattie" (their first Studio
One single in 1966). It start
a long way of success for
Coxsone which include the
songs "Get In The Groove", "Be
a Man", "Sea of Love", "Ting a
Ling", "Party Time" and "I
Hold the Handle", "Pretty
Looks Isn't All". The Heptones
were the major rivals to "The
Techniques" that recorded for
Arthur "Duke" Reid as the
number one vocals of the
rocksteady era. In 1973, they
had a major hit with "Book of
Rules" (it was based on an
American poem called "A Bag of
Tools" by R.L.Sharpe). It was
one of the trio's several
songs not sung by Sibbles.
Barry Llewelyn sang and
co-wrote "Book Of Rules".
Leroy Sibbles moved to Canada
in 1973 and the trio stop
recording but he return in
1975 to again record again at
Harry J's Kingston studio.

Videos In The Playlist:

The Heptones - I Need A Fat Girl (Fattie Fattie) Fatty Fatty
The Heptones - Party Time
The Heptones - I am Lonely
the heptones - cool rasta
Christmas time is here - The Heptones
The Heptones - Mama Say / Cool Rasta
The Heptones - Sufferer's Time
The Heptones - Sweet Talking
The Heptones - Country Boy - 1974
The Heptones - Pretty Looks
The Heptones - Our Day Will Come
my world is empty without you -The Heptones
The Heptones - I Shall Be Released
The Heptones - Deceivers (Live in Belgium)
The Heptones - Equal Rights