Alton and Hortense Ellis grew up in a musical family in Kingston, Jamaica, and Alton began his rise to prominence at the foundational Studio One recording studio of Coxsone Dodd.  But what many don’t recall about Alton is that the “Godfather of Rocksteady” began his career (along with his sister, Hortense) mining the rhythm & blues vein.  We were reminded of this recently when we again ran across the stunningly good Cry Together on which Alton steps aside and lets his sister, Hortense, get sensationally tense.  Check Cry Together out below first (just listen to that chorus, would ya?!) followed by some more crying in their seminal Breakfast in Bed, followed at bottom by Alton’s hit (with The Flames), Cry Tough.  Jamaica had soul.