caption death_date death_place birth_name alias years_active label article_title landscape background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
alton ellis performing live in 2007 10 october 2008 london , england alton nehemiah ellis the godfather of rocksteady 1959 -- 2008 studio one , treasure isle , trojan alton ellis
 yes solo_singer 1 september 1938 vocals r & b , ska , rocksteady , reggae altonellis.jpg kingston , jamaica alton ellis singer-songwriter
alton ellis

alton nehemiah ellis od -lrb- 1 september 1938 -- 10 october 2008 -rrb- was a jamaican vocalist .
one of the innovators of rocksteady who was given the informal title `` godfather of rocksteady '' .
in 2006 , he was inducted into the international reggae and world music awards hall of fame .
