Lorenzo Aitken (April 22 1927 ? July 17 2005), better known as Laurel Aitken, was a singer and one of the originators of Jamaican ska music. Career Born in Cuba of mixed Cuban and Jamaican descent, Aitken and his family settled in Jamaica in 1938. After an early career working for the Jamaican Tourist Board singing calypso songs for visitors arriving at Kingston Harbour, he became a popular nightclub entertainer. His first recordings in the late 1950s were calypso tunes such as "Sweet Chariot", "Aitken's Boogie", and "Baba Kill Me Goat".Thomspon, Dave:"Reggae & Caribbean Music", 2002, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6 Progressing to a pre-ska shuffle, Aitken's 1958 single "Little Sheila" / "Boogie in My Bones" was one of the first records produced by future Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. Aitken moved to London, England in 1960 and recorded both in the UK and Jamaica throughout the

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