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RVNG Intl. presents Friends & Fiends, a monthly guest hosted show spotlighting resident artists and heads orbiting the label’s universe of forward-reaching, free, and (generally) fried music.

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Special guest shows from around the world.

The Gaylettes

The Gaylettes

The Gaylettes has been played on NTS in shows including Full House, featured first on 8 May 2016. Songs played include That's How Strong My Love Is and Son-Of-A Preacher Man.

The Gaylettes, also known as The Gaylets or The Gaylettes featuring Judy Mowatt, were a reggae female trio from Jamaica in the late ‘60s to early ‘70s consisting of Judy Mowatt, Beryl Lawson and Merle Clemonson. The band formed in 1967 in Jamaica. The group disbanded when Lawson and Clemonson left for America in the early ’70s. Mowatt remained, and went on to join Bob Marley’s famous backup troupe, The I Threes. Mowatt continued to record for decades after, including a prolific spree of gospel albums between 1998-02.

Like a lot of pre-dub, rocksteady tunes of the era, The Gaylettes were minimal and have touches of soul, and even doo-wop at times. They have some real sly 45s on the Hour Glass label, including a nice cover of “Son Of A Preacher Man”, and this, one of their best songs, “Here Comes That Feeling”. -I Like Your World appeard on the compilation album Ride Your Donkey, 1969- -Silent River (Runs Deep) appeard on the compilation album Ride Your Donkey, 1969; 1968- Jamaican hit parade chart.

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The Gaylettes

The Gaylettes has been played on NTS in shows including Full House, featured first on 8 May 2016. Songs played include That's How Strong My Love Is and Son-Of-A Preacher Man.

The Gaylettes, also known as The Gaylets or The Gaylettes featuring Judy Mowatt, were a reggae female trio from Jamaica in the late ‘60s to early ‘70s consisting of Judy Mowatt, Beryl Lawson and Merle Clemonson. The band formed in 1967 in Jamaica. The group disbanded when Lawson and Clemonson left for America in the early ’70s. Mowatt remained, and went on to join Bob Marley’s famous backup troupe, The I Threes. Mowatt continued to record for decades after, including a prolific spree of gospel albums between 1998-02.

Like a lot of pre-dub, rocksteady tunes of the era, The Gaylettes were minimal and have touches of soul, and even doo-wop at times. They have some real sly 45s on the Hour Glass label, including a nice cover of “Son Of A Preacher Man”, and this, one of their best songs, “Here Comes That Feeling”. -I Like Your World appeard on the compilation album Ride Your Donkey, 1969- -Silent River (Runs Deep) appeard on the compilation album Ride Your Donkey, 1969; 1968- Jamaican hit parade chart.

Original source Last.fm

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That's How Strong My Love Is
The Gayletts
Hourglass1969
Son-Of-A Preacher Man
The Gayletts
London Records, London American Recordings1970