You Make Me So Very Happy - Alton Ellis

       Alton Ellis was a very important Jamaican musician from Kingston, Jamaica. He was born on the 1st of September 1983 and in 2004 he was awarded the Order of Distinction by the Jamaican government in recognition of all his achievements. On the 10th of October 2008 he died of cancer in Hammersmith Hospital in London. He was primarily known as the godfather of Rocksteady music which originated in Jamaica in 1962. It is a combination of rhythms as it is a successor to ska and precursor to reggae and it uses musical elements of rhythm and blues, ska, and African and Cuban drumming.  Alton Ellis started his music career in the 1950's and continued until his death in 2008, but the height of his career was in the 60's. This song was released in 1970 as part of the album Sunday Coming.