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Baba Brooks
key, fl, *1935 JM
Musician / Producer of Reggae
A.k.a. Oswald F. Brooks Oswald Brooks
Oswald "Baba" Brooks (born c.1935) was a trumpet player who played jazz in the 1950s with the Eric Dean orchestra and recorded during the 1960s original Jamaican ska era for producers Duke Reid, Sonia Pottinger and her husband Lindon, King Edwards, and Prince Buster.
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Popular Tracks 
Boat Ride on Essential Artist Collection – The Skatalites by The Skatalites Stampede on Essential Artist Collection – The Skatalites by The Skatalites Strongman Sampson on The Birth of Ska by Various Artists Musical Communion on Latin Goes Ska by Tommy McCook and The Skatalites Country Town on Essential Artist Collection – The Skatalites by The Skatalites Melody Jamboree on Memorial Album by Don Drummond Musical Communion on Ska Mania by Various Artists Knockout Punch (Cotton Tree) on Essential Artist Collection – The Skatalites by The Skatalites Dr. Decker on Dub the Dancehall: Jamaican Ska, Vol. 2 by Various Artists River Bank on Super Ska, Vol. 1 by Various ArtistsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Session (Alternative Take) | Baba Brooks | 2018 | Single |
| Alphabetically Yours / Alcatraz | Alton Ellis & The Flames & Baba Brooks / The Baba Brooks Band | 2016 | Single |
| Love Divine / A Toast To James Bond | Patsy Todd / Baba Brooks | 2009 | Single |
| Ska Ta Shot (Take 2) / Shock Resistance | Lynn Taitt / Baba Brooks | 2008 | Single |
| South China Sea (Take 2) / Distant Drums (a.k.a African Blood) | Johnny Moore / Baba Brooks | 2008 | Single |
| If I Don't Work Out / Ki-Salaboca | Joe White / Baba Brooks | 1969 | Single |
| Cool Water / Roll Call | Al & The Vibrators / Baba Brooks | 1967 | Single |
| Cast Off / Set Her Free | Baba Brooks / Al & The Vibrators | 1967 | Single |
| Special Event / Samphey Man | Baba Brooks | 1966 | Single |
| I Found My Love / Western Flyer | The Sensations / Baba Brooks | 1966 | Single |
| Blessings Of Love | Alton Ellis & The Flames, Baba Brooks And Lynn Taitt Band | 1966 | Single |
| So Long / After A Storm | Lester Sterling, Baba Brooks, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes | 1966 | Single |
| Telling Lies | The Techniques, Baba Brooks | 1965 | Single |
| Heart Of Stone / Let Me Go | Derrick & Naomi, Baba Brooks / Derrick Morgan | 1965 | Single |
| Shank J. Sheck / Set Me Free | Baba Brooks / Shenley And Hyacinth | 1965 | Single |
| Duck Soup / Renegade | Baba Brooks / The Zodiacs | 1965 | Single |
| Run Joe / Make Believe | Stranger Cole w/ Baba Brooks | 1965 | Single |
| So Many Times | The Techniques, Baba Brooks | 1965 | Single |
| Baby Elephant Walk / Don's Special | Baba Brooks / Don Drummond | 1965 | Single |
| Mattie Rag Part 1 / Mattie Rag Part 2 | Baba Brooks / Lord Tanamo | 1965 | Single |
| Teenage Ska / You Are Not To Blame | Baba Brooks / Alton Ellis | 1965 | Single |
| Solomon Gundie / Key To The City | Eric "Monty" Morris / Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Go-On / Take Five | Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Spiritual Mambo / Fly Right | Lord Briscoe / Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Spider / Melody Jamboree | Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Woman Come / Melody Jamboree | Margarita, Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Looks Are Deceiving / Dreadnaught | Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Sow Good Seeds / Bus Strike | Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Key To The City / Ambition | Gladstone Anderson, Baba Brooks, Eric "Monty" Morris | 1964 | Single |
| My Love Has Come/Sweet Eileen | Lord Briscoe / Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Words Of Mouth / Soloman Agundy | Eric "Monty" Morris, Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| King Samuel | Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Drumbago & Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Cork Foot / B.B.C. Channel 2 | Baba Brooks / Hersang & His Combo | 1964 | Single |
| Yeah Yeah Baby / Boat Ride | Stranger & Patsy / Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Musical Workshop | Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Dearest / Tears Are Falling | Dotty & Bonny, Baba Brooks | 1964 | Single |
| Distant Drums / Too Young To Love | Baba Brooks With The Trenton Spence Orchestra / Larry Marshall | 1963 | Single |
| Eunodus / Look Before You Leap (White Lbl) | Stranger & Ken, Baba Brooks / Glen Adams | 1963 | Single |
| Three Blind Mice / We Ain't Got Nothing | Baba Brooks | 1963 | Single |
| Bank To Bank | Baba Brooks | 1963 | Single |
| Strongman Sampson / Jelly Bean | Eric "Monty" Morris / Baba Brooks | 1963 | Single |
| Alcatraz / Don't Trouble People | Baba Brooks / Alton Ellis & The Flames | Single | |
| You Are The One To Blame | Alton Ellis / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Cry Tough / Spit Fire | Alton Ellis & The Flames / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Melody Jamboree | Baba Brooks, Stranger Cole | Single | |
| Shank I Sheck / My Girl | Baba Brooks / Winston Wright | Single | |
| Chattie Chattie Woman | Stephen Amos, Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Mama No Fret / Vitamin A | Eric "Monty" Morris / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| River Bank / Over The River | Baba Brooks / Justin Hinds & The Dominoes | Single | |
| Dr. No / I Had A Dream | Baba Brooks / Lord Tanamo | Single | |
| Sands Of The Sea / Emanuel Road | Alton Ellis, Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Mouth A Massy / Baby Elephant Walk | Alton Ellis / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Musical Communion / Yea Yea Baby | Baba Brooks / Stranger & Patsy | Single | |
| I Want My Cock / Dr. Decker | Owen & Leon Silvera & The Baba Brooks Band / Baba Brooks & Don Drummond | Single | |
| Five O'Clock Whistle / Ten Virgins | Baba Brooks / The Angelic Brothers | Single | |
| Too Young To Love / Distant Drums | Larry Marshall / Baba Brooks With The Trenton Spence Orchestra | Single | |
| Live It Up / Smoking Ska | Hopeton Lewis / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Word Of Wisdom / Spider | Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Musical Workshop / Jericho | Baba Brooks / Bobby Aitken | Single | |
| Smoke Screen / Sly Mongoose | Beverley's All Stars / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| I Shall Wear A Crown / Robin Hood | Richards Brothers, Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Bus Strike / Mr. Judge | Baba Brooks / Bobby Aitken | Single | |
| So Wonderful / Froggy | Derrick & Naomi / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Blues / ABC | Baba Brooks / Big Youth | Single | |
| Catch A Fire / Drop Your Sword | Baba Brooks And Eric "Monty" Morris | Single | |
| River Bank | Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Shank I Sheck / No Body Know | Baba Brooks / Shenley Duffus - Clevie Browne | Single | |
| Goodbye / Portrait Of My Love | Stranger Cole / Baba Brooks | Single | |
| Shank I Sheck / Scandalising | Baba Brooks / The Upsetters | Single | |
| Beautiful Angel / Smiling Face | Baba Brooks | Single |
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