Top Rocksteady Songs
Rank
All Time
Artist
Song
Subgenre(s)
Other Genre(s)
Year
1
286
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Israelites
1968
2
1222
The Specials
A Message to You Rudy
2 Tone
1979
3
1224
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
007 (Shanty Town)
Jamaican Ska
1967
4
1261
The Melodians
Rivers of Babylon
Roots Reggae
1970
5
2573
Alton Ellis
I Am Still in Love
Reggae
1977
6
3995
The Paragons
The Tide Is High
1967
7
5719
Eric Donaldson
Cherry Oh Baby
Reggae
1971
8
6160
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
1967
9
6276
Bob Andy
I've Got to Go Back Home
1967
10
7666
The Heptones
Fattie Fattie
1966
11
8544
Delroy Wilson
Dancing Mood
1966
12
9788
The Paragons
On the Beach
1967
13
9898
The Cables
Baby Why
1968
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
Johnny Nash
Hold Me Tight
Pop Reggae
1968
Alton Ellis & The Flames
I've Got a Date
1967
Roy Shirley
Hold Them
1967
The Techniques
Queen Majesty
1967
The Ethiopians
Train to Skaville
1967
Sugar Minott
Oh Mr. D.C.
1977
Hopeton Lewis
Take It Easy
1967
Scotty
Draw Your Breakes
Deejay
1971
Carlton & The Shoes
Love Me Forever
1968
The Melodians
I'll Get Along with You
1967
The Jamaicans
Baba Boom
1967
Dandy Livingstone
Rudy a Message to You
Jamaican Ska
1967
The Uniques
My Conversation
1968
Lee Perry
The Upsetter
1968