Rico's Combo were a

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band, that recorded on the

Planetone Planetone was a British independent record label, that issued ska recordings in the early 1960s. History The label's founder was Sonny Roberts. It is possible that this was the first black owned record label in England. The basement studio was ...

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in the early 1960s.

History

The group, led by the

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Rico Rodriguez, recorded some

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records for the Planetone record label in the early 1960s. When Rodrigues was not present on the

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, the group would go by the name of The Planets. Two tracks from this group, "London Here I Come" and "Hitch and Scramble", appeared on the Rodriguez's ''Trombone Man Anthology'' 1961-1971 CD.

Members

* Rico Rodriguez - (Trombone) *Lovett Brown - (Saxophone) * Mike Elliott - (Saxophone) *Jackie Edwards - (Piano)

Discography

*"London Here I Come" / "Midnight In Ethiopia" - Planetone RC 1 *"Planet Rock" / "You Win" - Plantone RC 4 *"Hitch and Scramble" / "Gee's Boogie" - Planetone RC 6 *"Mighty As A Rose" / "Tell All Those Girls" (The Marvelles) - Planetone PT 35

References

British ska musical groups {{UK-band-stub