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The Skatalites

The Skatalites is a group from JM, active since 1964.

Group JM since 1964 ska soul and reggae

TOTAL PLAYS

349

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-28 08:58 · 6 Music — "Ball Of Fire"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Wood and Water"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

40 30 20 10 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 305 87%

Radio 2 38 11%

1Xtra 4 1%

Radio 1 2 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Guns of Navarone 101 2025-05-13

2 Ball O'Fire 52 2016-08-28

3 Ball Of Fire 51 2024-06-29

4 Good News 10 2024-12-11

5 Street Corner 7 2025-08-31

6 Lucky 7 7 2021-11-11

7 Bus Strike 6 2024-05-21

8 Fugitive Dub 6 2018-08-27

9 Beardman Ska 5 2022-10-05

10 Eastern Standard Time 4 2012-08-08

11 Confucius 3 2024-10-08

12 Occupation 3 2024-03-07

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 14:17 Wood and Water 6 Music

2025-09-29 21:35 Fly Right (aka Straighten Up And Fly Right) 6 Music

2025-08-31 16:26 Street Corner 6 Music

2025-07-22 14:15 Can't You See (feat. Doreen Shaffer) 6 Music

2025-07-12 16:05 Swing Easy 6 Music

2025-07-08 21:32 Black Sunday 6 Music

2025-05-13 14:17 Guns of Navarone 6 Music

2025-03-17 00:03 Guns of Navarone 6 Music

2025-02-17 23:03 Guns of Navarone 6 Music

2024-12-28 21:52 Independence Anniversary Ska 6 Music

2024-12-11 01:07 Good News 6 Music

2024-11-19 15:21 Dick Tracy 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

80 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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Air Raid Shelter —

1 2016-04-13 ▶

Anniversary Ska —

3 2019-03-24 ▶

Baby Elephant Walk —

1 2014-10-19 ▶

Ball O Fire —

2 2016-01-03 ▶

Ball O'Fire —

52 2016-08-28 ▶

Ball Of Fire —

51 2024-06-29 ▶

Beardman Ska —

5 2022-10-05 ▶

Beardsman Ska —

1 2011-05-23 ▶

Black Sunday —

1 2025-07-08 ▶

Bus Strike —

6 2024-05-21 ▶

Calabash —

1 2024-10-20 ▶

Can't You See —

1 2012-05-24 ▶

Can't You See (feat. Doreen Shaffer) —

1 2025-07-22 ▶

Coconut Rock —

3 2017-08-03 ▶

Collie Bud —

1 2019-08-14 ▶

Come Down —

1 2008-03-10 ▶

Confucious —

1 2012-05-24 ▶

Confucius —

3 2024-10-08 ▶

Dick Tracy —

1 2024-11-19 ▶

Doctor Kildare —

1 2016-07-12 ▶

Don De Lion —

1 2018-02-26 ▶

Dumboo Dub —

1 2015-03-27 ▶

Dumboo Dub [Dub] —

2 2016-07-12 ▶

Eastern Standard Time —

4 2012-08-08 ▶

El Pussy Cat Ska —

1 2011-11-08 ▶

El Pussy Ska —

1 2011-11-08 ▶

El Pussycat —

1 2010-06-14 ▶

El Pussycat Ska —

1 2016-05-13 ▶

Exodus —

1 2010-12-04 ▶

Fidel Castro —

2 2017-10-19 ▶

Fly Right (aka Straighten Up And Fly Right) —

1 2025-09-29 ▶

Freedom Sound —

1 2016-11-05 ▶

Freedom Sounds —

1 2023-10-31 ▶

Fugitive Dub —

6 2018-08-27 ▶

Fugitive Dub (King Tubby mix) —

3 2014-10-02 ▶

Ghost Town —

1 2019-10-31 ▶

Good News —

10 2024-12-11 ▶

Grooving —

2 2022-05-28 ▶

Guns of Navarone —

101 2025-05-13 ▶

Guns of Navarone - (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Independence Anniversary Ska —

1 2024-12-28 ▶

Independent Anniversary Ska —

3 2015-08-10 ▶

James Bond —

2 2016-11-16 ▶

Latin Goes Ska —

3 2019-08-26 ▶

Legs Man —

1 2014-02-27 ▶

Live Wire —

1 2009-05-22 ▶

Lonely Man —

2 2015-11-16 ▶

Love Me Forever —

1 2017-02-11 ▶

Lucky 7 —

7 2021-11-11 ▶

Lucky Seven —

1 2015-03-07 ▶

magnificent ska —

1 2011-05-25 ▶

Malcom X —

1 2013-10-19 ▶

Musical Workshop —

1 2014-09-15 ▶

NORTH COAST —

1 2014-03-05 ▶

Occupation —

3 2024-03-07 ▶

Outback Ska —

1 2012-07-14 ▶

Phoenix City —

2 2017-03-06 ▶

Police Woman —

1 2009-05-09 ▶

Right Now —

1 2022-08-06 ▶

Ringo —

1 2019-05-24 ▶

Road Block —

1 2021-10-07 ▶

Roots Dub —

2 2021-05-01 ▶

Rough and tough —

1 2017-11-18 ▶

sealing dub —

1 2009-03-02 ▶

Shock Trail —

1 2015-06-13 ▶

Silver Dollar —

1 2020-09-09 ▶

Ska Ra Van —

1 2017-05-01 ▶

Ska-Ra-Van (Caravan) (Take 3) —

1 2024-05-09 ▶

Starlight Version —

1 2010-07-08 ▶

storm warning —

3 2016-06-20 ▶

Street Corner —

7 2025-08-31 ▶

Swing Easy —

2 2025-07-12 ▶

The James Bond Theme —

1 2012-08-05 ▶

Twelve Minutes to Go —

2 2019-10-13 ▶

We Nah Sleep —

1 2007-07-24 ▶

Whispering Dub —

3 2017-08-28 ▶

Woman A Come —

1 2024-08-31 ▶

Wood and Water —

1 2026-05-26 ▶

Yard Broom —

3 2017-01-28 ▶

You're Wondering Now —

1 2018-08-21 ▶