Joseph Cotton
b. Silbert Walton, 1957, St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies. Prior to his success in the music industry Walton spent a year in the Jamaican Police Force before recording as Jah Walton for Joe Gibbs in 1976. By 1977 he recorded a number of tracks for producer Harry Mudie, including the popular combination hit with Prince Heron, ‘Stay A Yard And Praise God’, ‘Touch Her Where She Want It Most’ and the hilarious ‘Married To A Bank Cashier’. With Sonia Pottinger he was enrolled to perform on the rehashed ‘It’s Raining’ by the Techniques, made available in the disco mix format. In 1982 he released the dancehall stepper ‘All Kinda People Come To The Dance’ and the Nicodemus -influenced ‘Senator Dee’, which enhanced his credibility and led to a session at Channel One for the equally popular ‘River To The Bank’. In the mid-80s he became known as Joseph Cotton, which led to a change of fortune when he recorded the chart-topping ‘No Touch The Style’ for Fashion Records in the UK, featuring the uncredited vocals of Janet Lee Davis. The release was coupled with a celebratory instrumental, ‘Cotton Comes To Harlesdon’, a pun relating to the 1970 blaxploitation movie starring Godfrey Cambridge. The success of the single resulted in a rare UK television appearance in 1987 on the Channel 4 Club Mix programme, where he performed his hit to an exuberant crowd. The single led to numerous hits including ‘Things Running Slow’, ‘Pat Ha Fe Cook’, ‘Tutoring’, ‘Judge Cotton’, and the combination with Janet Lee Davis (credited to her alter ego Shako Lee), ‘What Is This’.
In the late 80s Cotton teamed up with veteran producer Glen Brown, who had enjoyed a revival when he recorded the instrumental Glen Brown Plays Music From The East. In the early 90s he joined fellow expatriate Errol Dunkley, performing their interpretation of Ken Boothe’s ‘The Train Is Coming’ as ‘Bad Boy Train’. A surprise appearance at a concert headlined by Dunkley at the Podium in London’s Vauxhall resulted in several false starts, a practice drawn from the dancehall phrase ‘haul and pull’, which denotes audience approval. In 1995 he released ‘Smile Orange’, taking its title from the classic Jamaican film, and in 1996 followed with the equally popular ‘You Sexy Thing’. He also recorded in combination with Sylvia Tella the hit ‘Warm And Tender Love’/‘Rastaman’. In 1997 he appeared as Jah Walton at the Essential Festival Weekender alongside Dennis Alcapone, recreating the excitement of dancehall.
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Pon the Attack
Joseph Cotton, Heartical Sound
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Heartical Label il 11 mar 2022
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Rub A Dub Thursday
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Air Afrique Records il 6 gen 2023
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Woman's Story Long
Reggae - Pubblicato da DIscoBox Recordings il 23 nov 2020
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Thumbs Up (feat. The Sound-Djaters)
Dancehall - Pubblicato da DIscoBox Recordings il 31 mar 2020
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Miss You Brandy
Reggae - Pubblicato da DIscoBox Recordings il 20 ago 2020
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No Place Like Home
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Air Afrique Records il 7 ott 2022
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Come Troopie
Reggae - Pubblicato da High Power Music il 20 nov 1990
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N°1 Station, Pt. 2
Dub - Pubblicato da Bat Records il 19 nov 2021
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General Affair
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Air Afrique Records il 12 lug 2021
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Breakfast in Bed (feat. Karen Schloss)
Reggae - Pubblicato da Musical Ambassador il 4 giu 2015
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Gunman (feat. Murabeatone)
Reggae - Pubblicato da Rankin Bush Records il 15 set 2018
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Protect the Woman
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Air Afrique Records il 14 apr 2021
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Live up Strong
Reggae - Pubblicato da Unity Sounds il 25 giu 2021
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Twilight Time Juggling
Trevor Sparks, Joseph Cotton, Howie Little
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Feed Tha Music il 28 set 2018
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Paris Is Not a Bitch
Reggae - Pubblicato da Dig Studio Music il 21 nov 2017
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Set Fi Run
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Air Afrique Records il 9 ago 2021
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Global Lockdown
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Air Afrique Records il 10 feb 2021
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