Альбомы исполнителя
Herring Bone (with Duke Reid's Group)
2022 · сингл
Midnight Train (Take 1) [with Duke Reid's Group]
2022 · сингл
Hortense Ellis Essentials
2014 · альбом
Reggae Hortense Ellis
2014 · альбом
The Early Years
2013 · альбом
Sound Box Essentials Platinum Edition
2012 · альбом
Take Dub Serious Yard
2012 · сингл
Ain't That Loving You
2012 · сингл
Baby Come On
2012 · сингл
Devoted to You
2012 · сингл
Don't Want to Cry
2012 · сингл
Down The Aisle
2012 · сингл
Eddie My Love
2012 · сингл
I Only Live To Love You
2012 · сингл
I'm Still In Love
2012 · сингл
Melody Life
2012 · сингл
Never See My Baby Anymore
2012 · сингл
One Of Us Will Weep Tonight
2012 · сингл
Stand by Your Man
2012 · сингл
Unexpected Places
2012 · сингл
Willow Tree
2012 · сингл
Young Hearts Run Free
2012 · сингл
Good Luck Young Lovers
2012 · сингл
I Do
2012 · сингл
I'm Leaving
2012 · сингл
We Will Be Lovers
2012 · сингл
Hortense Ellis Anthology
2012 · альбом
Best of Hortense Ellis
2011 · сборник
She Wears My Ring / Baby Come On
2011 · сингл
You're Mine / We Will Be Lovers
2011 · сингл
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Биография
b. 18 April 1941, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 19 October 2000, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Ellis began her career performing on Vere Johns’ Opportunity Hour, where she appeared in six semi-finals and four finals demonstrating her vocal skills. Unfortunately, her later career was often overshadowed by her brother Alton Ellis, the man regularly referred to as the godfather of reggae. In 1962, Byron Lee enrolled her services to perform with his band the Dragonaires, and two years later she was awarded the honour of Jamaica’s best female vocalist. She also recorded with Ken Lack, enjoying hits with ‘I Shall Sing’ and ‘Brown Girl In The Ring’ (later a massive international hit for Boney M. ), and with Coxsone Dodd, recording ‘I’ll Come Softly’ and ‘I’m Just A Girl’, an interpretation of Alton’s hit, ‘I’m Just A Guy’. In 1969 she was again awarded the silver cup as the island’s top female vocalist. Ellis continued to record throughout the 70s. Much of her output was with Bunny Lee and in response to Althea And Donna’s international hit ‘Up Town Top Ranking’, he recorded her as Queen Tiney for ‘Down Town Ting’, followed by the popular ‘Natty Dread Time’. She recorded a cover version of another song that her brother had recorded at Studio One, ‘Sitting In The Park’, and the popular ‘Mark My Words’. A duet with her brother, ‘Since I Fell For You’, and ‘Superstar’ maintained her profile. She recorded several popular cuts for Lee Perry as Mahalia Saunders, the name she adopted after marrying Mikey ‘Junior’ Saunders in 1971. The marriage broke down five years later, and Ellis spent much of the late 70s raising her children. She found the time to record ‘Unexpected Places’ with Gussie Clarke, a classic cut that demonstrated her extensive vocal range. In combination with Jackie Edwards she had a hit with ‘Let It Be Me’, while as a soloist she released ‘Got To Make It’ and ‘Time After Time’. Ellis proved an on/off performer who had to balance a career while raising her family. She lived in Miami, Florida for much of the 80s, but subsequently returned to Jamaica. In 1993 she appeared with Bunny Lee in the television documentary Stir It Up, where she complained that slackness and gun lyrics were detrimental to the music and were a bad influence on young people. Throat cancer severely curtailed her performances during the rest of the decade.