RUDY, A MESSAGE TO YOU

Created on 28/03/2003
Latest update on 13/04/2024

Artist: Dandy
Author: Robert Thompson
Label: Ska Beat
Year: 1967

Later known as Dandy Livingstone; real name: Robert Livingston Thompson. Jamaican who recorded in England. Featuring Rico (Rodriguez) on trombone, just as in the Specials' cover.

Covers:

1967:

Locomotive

1969:

Desmond Riley [as Skinhead, A Message To You; collectors' item]

1979:

Specials

1980:

Judge Dread

2003:

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

2008:

Amy Winehouse

The Body Snatchers' UK hit Let's Do Rock Steady was a Dandy original too (Giant - 1967).

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If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

info@originals.be

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