Ken Boothe (born 22 March 1948 - there is a controversy surrounding his birth date; most sources say he was born in 1948 - Denham Town, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican recording artist. Career His recording career began with the legendary, West Indian record producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. Rather strangely, Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful UK tour with the group, The Soul Vendors. After leaving Coxsone, Boothe recorded for Keith Hudson and Leslie Kong. He then formed the group 'Conscious Minds' with B.B. Seaton. By the early 1970s Ken Boothe started providing hits for Sonia Pottinger. Boothe was known as "Mr. Rocksteady" for his prominence during that musical period. Then suddenly, under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, "Everything I Own" was Number One in the UK in 1974. The

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