{"id":3085,"date":"2024-11-17T17:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:37:14","slug":"article-5-years-old-made-everything-ken-boothe-david-gates-shared-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=3085","title":{"rendered":"This article is more than 5 years old How we made Everything I Own: Ken Boothe and David Gates on their shared hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken Boothe, singer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I was staying with a friend in Canada. He played me Andy Williams\u2019s version of\u00a0Everything I Own<\/a>, and said: \u201cKen, when you get back home to Jamaica, make sure you do this song.\u201d In those days, you needed 10 or more songs to complete an album. So in 1974, when we were in Federal studios in Kingston searching for a 10th song, I remembered Everything I Own.<\/p>\n

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The producer wasn\u2019t keen because he liked to keep control and suggest the songs, but when I started singing \u201cYou sheltered me from harm \u2026\u201d everyone\u2019s eyes lit up. At the time, there was a lot of violence in Jamaica, so the words meant something to us. The studio owner came in and said: \u201cIf that song isn\u2019t a hit, I\u2019m going to sell the whole studio complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

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