Andi ChorleyLove Is All I Had (A Tribute To The Queen Of Jamaican Soul) by Phyllis Dillon, released on Trojan in 2004.
Review by Wade Kergan
.. Phyllis Dillon balanced a recording career in Jamaica with a job in the U.S. working in a bank. Love Is All I Had is the most comprehensive collection of her work to date, packed to the brim with a staggering 29 cuts of vintage rocksteady and early reggae, all cut with Duke Reid for his Treasure Isle imprint. The earliest songs from Love Is All I Had date from 1967 (with the exception of Dillon's 1966 self-penned debut, "Don't Stay Away"), and exude an innocence common in the best sides from the Shirelles, Lesley Gore, and exponents of the girl group sound. Dillon's cover of Bettye Swann's "Make Me Yours" is such a song, while her original "It's Rocking Time" would help to define the rocksteady era itself...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0LJKyMBSio&list=PLOzdG_QQMqT_y2qsP1FR19EahZmStQEm9&index=1
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