Lorenzo. In 1980, with ska enjoying a resurgence in the wake of the 2 Tone movement, Aitken had his only success in the UK Singles Chart with "Rudi Got Married" (No. 60) released on I-Spy Records (the label created and managed by Secret Affair. Aitken's career took in mento/calypso, R&B, ska, rock steady, and reggae, and in the 1990s he even turned his talents to dancehall. He performed occasional concerts until his death from a heart attack in 2005. After a long campaign, a blue plaque in his honour was put up at his Leicester home in 2007. Punk band Rancid covered Aitken's "Everybody Suffering" on their 2014 LP Honor Is All We Know Discography Albums The Original Cool Jamaican Ska (1964, LP Compil) Ska With Laurel (1965, Rio) Laurel Aitkin Says Fire (1967, Doctor Bird) Fire (1969) High Priest of Reggae (1969, Nu-Beat) The High Priest Of Reggae (1970) Laurel Aitken Meets Floyd Lloyd and the Potato Five (1987, Gaz's) (with The Potato 5) Early Days of Blue Beat, Ska and Reggae (1988, Bold Reprive) True Fact (1988, Rackit) (with The Potato 5) Ringo The Gringo (1989, Unicorn) It's Too Late (1989, Unicorn) Rise and Fall (1989, Unicorn) Sally Brown (1989, Unicorn) Ringo the Gringo (1990, Unicorn) Rasta Man Power (1992, ROIR) The Blue Beat Years (1996, Moon Ska) Rocksteady Party (1996, Blue Moon) (with The Potato 5) The Story So Far (1999, Grover) Woppi King (1997, Trybute) The Pama Years (1999, Grover) The Long Hot Summer (1999, Grover) (Laurel Aitken and The Skatalites) Clash of The Ska Titans (1999, Moon Ska) (Laurel Aitken versus The Skatalites) Pioneer of Jamaican Music (2000, Reggae Retro) Godfather of Ska (2000, Grover) Jamboree (2001, Grover) Rudi Got Married (2004, Grover) En Espanol (2004, Liquidator) Live at Club Ska (2004, Trojan) The Pioneer of Jamaican Music (2005, Reggae Retro) Super Star (2005, Liquidator) You’ve Got What It Takes/That’s How Strong (My Love Is) (2005 - Mini CD) The Very Last Concert (2007, Soulove) (CD + DVD) Singles "Nebuchanezzar/Sweet Chariot" (1958, Kalypso) "Low Down Dirty Girl" (1959, Duke Reid) "Drinkin' Whiskey" (1959, Starlite) "Boogie Rock" (1960, Blue Beat) "Jeannie Is Back" (1960, Blue Beat) "Judgement Day" (1960, Blue Beat) "Railroad Track" (1960, Blue Beat) "More Whisky" (1960, Blue Beat) "Aitken's Boogie" (1960, Kalypso) "Baba Kill Me Goat" (1960, Kalypso) "Boogie In My Bones" (1960, Starlite) "Honey Girl" (1960, Starlite) "Bar Tender" (aka Hey Bartender)