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Episode: Beverley’s Records: Jamaica’s Ice-Cream Parlour that Launched Reggae
Description: From Ice-Cream Parlour to Record Label
In the early 1960s, the Kong family ran Beverley’s Restaurant, Ice-Cream Parlour & Record Shop at 135A Orange Street, Kingston—a hub in Jamaica’s emerging music scene. One day in 1961, a teenage Jimmy Cliff auditioned his song “Dearest Beverley” outside the shop. Leslie Kong, impressed, recorded it and paired it with “Hurricane Hattie.” This single became Beverley’s first big hit and launched both Cliff’s career and the label itself.
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Leslie Kong – I'm in a Rocking Mood (Alternate Version)
Jimmy Cliff – Hurricane Hattie
The Melodians – Rivers of...