In 1960 Morgan became the only artist ever to fill the places from one to seven on the Jamaican pop chart simultaneously.[2] Among those hits were “Don’t Call Me Daddy”, “In My Heart”, “Be Still”, and “Meekly Wait and Murmur Not”. But it was the following year that Morgan released the biggest hit of his career, the Leslie Kong production of “You Don’t Know”, later retitled “Housewives’ Choice” by a local DJ. The song featured a bouncing ska riddim, along with a duet by Morgan and Millicent “Patsy” Todd.
“Housewives’ Choice” began the legendary rivalry between Morgan and Prince Buster, who accused Morgan of stealing his ideas. Buster quickly released “Blackhead Chiney Man”, chiding Morgan with the sarcastic put-down, “I did not know your parents were from Hong Kong” – a swipe at Kong. Morgan returned with the classic “Blazing Fire”, in which he warns Buster to “Live and let others live, and your days will be much longer. You said it. Now it’s the Blazing Fire”. Buster shot back with, “Watch It Blackhead”, which Morgan countered with “No Raise No Praise” and “Still Insist”. Followers of the two artists often clashed, and eventually the government had to step in with a staged photo shoot depicting the rivals as friends.
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“Gully” & “Gaza” type fuckry deh bout since 1960 yuzeet…
But I doubt we’ll listen to the records and say to ourselves ‘ahhh the classics!’ LOL
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