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"Guns Of Navarone" is the theme music and song of the 1961 film of the same name written by Dimitri Tiomkin. The Jamaican group The Skatalites recorded a version in 1965. The vocalist is Roland Alphonso, with Lee "Scratch" Perry providing various shouts on the track. The rhythm section is drummer Lloyd Knibb and bassist Lloyd Brevett.
Originally released in Jamaica on Coxsone Dodd's Muzik City label in 1965 under Alphonso's name, it was re-released the same year in the UK on Island using a slightly shorter edit. However, it did not appear in the UK charts until 1967, making number 36 in the spring of that year and staying on the charts for six weeks. It was The Skatalites' only top 40 hit in the UK.
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