Tuesday 15 September 2009

Joseph Cotton - No Touch The Style

Joseph Cotton aka Jah Walton (born Silbert Walton, 1957, St. Ann, Jamaica) is active since the mid-1970s.

After spending a year working in the Jamaican police force, Walton turned to recording, initially working with Joe Gibbs in 1976, under the name Jah Walton. He then moved to Harry Mudie, recording popular tracks such as "Stay a Yard and Praise God", "Touch Her Where She Want It Most" (the title track from his debut album), and "Married To A Bank Cashier". In the mid-1980s he began recording under the name Joseph Cotton, immediately having success in the UK with "No Touch The Style", leading to a television appearance on Channel 4's Club Mix programme in 1987. Several more reggae chart hits followed in the form of "Things Running Slow", "Pat Ha Fe Cook", "Tutoring", "Judge Cotton", and "What Is This". Walton continued to perform and record into the 1990s and 2000s.

An attempt to his discography:

  • Touch Her Where She Want It Most (1981) Music Force
  • Talk of The Town (1984) Thunder Bolt
  • Cotton Style (1990) South East
  • No Touch The Style (1991) Wild Apache
  • The Good Old Days Of The 70s (1998) Teem (Joseph Cotton & Mike Brooks)
  • Things You Should Know (1999) From: http://filereggae.blogspot.com
  • Black & White Ting (2001) Proud Of That Music
  • Kingston a Run Red (2002) China Visit (Thanks to Phil H)
  • Black & White Ting (200?) P.O.T.
  • 100% Pure Cotton (2005) P.O.T.
  • Worldpeace (2005) P.O.T.
  • Unity Amongst The Youths (2006) Jet Star
  • Showcase (200?)
  • Joseph Cotton Meets Lion Stepper (2009)
(Source Wikipedia)

1 comment:

  1. anyone know where i can get the song "Black & White Ting"? i once uploaded it to imeem but when imeem went out of business to MySpace i couldn't find it anymore :( anybody? please, i know it's to the "My Conversation" riddim, and i had originally uploaded it as "Black A Black, White A White"

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