John Holt

Real name: John Kenneth Holt
Born: July 11, 1947
Died: October 19, 2014
Country: Jamaica
IPI: 00034450800 3 works
00034450999 18 works
00244424094 1 work
Affiliation: PRS, BMI
Comments: Arguably "Jamaica's probably most respected and beloved 'Lovers Rock' style singer" (Riddim Magazine 01/15)
Member of: The Paragons [JM] (1964-1970) (1974-1974) (1980-1981)
Related: The Revolutionaries Long term backing band

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Ali Baba	John Holt	1969	(2 artists)
My Only Lover	John Holt	1978	(5 artists)
OK Fred	John Holt	1972	(4 artists)
Police in Helicopter	John Holt	1982	(7 artists) Sampled by Top Cat [GB2]
Strange Things	John Holt	1970	Roseaux
Tonight	John Holt with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1968	Ken Lazarus
Wild Fire	Brown & Holt	1985	Shaggy

Covers by John Holt

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Alfie	John Holt	1976	Cilla Black
A Love I Can Feel	John Holt	1970	The Temptations [US1]
Auld Lang Syne	John Holt	1986	Emile Berliner
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me	John Holt	2009	Mac Davis
Baby I'm a Want You	John Holt	1973	Bread
Before the Next Tear Drop	John Holt	1976	Duane Dee
Being with You	John Holt	1982	Smokey Robinson
Blame It on the Rain	John Holt	1990	Milli Vanilli
Blue Christmas	John Holt	1986	Doye O'Dell
Breaking Up	John Holt	1998	Jerry Butler
Bring It on Home to Me	John Holt	1976	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn, Sam Cooke
Cupid	John Holt	1998	Sam Cooke
Deep River Woman	John Holt	1990	Lionel Richie
Dock of the Bay	John Holt	1998	Otis Redding
Ecstasy	John Holt	1973	Ben E. King - Arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
Every Day Is Just a Holiday	John Holt	1978	Sensations - Tommy McCook and The Supersonics
For the Love of You	John Holt	1975	The Isley Brothers
Girl from Ipanema	John Holt	1973	Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
Give Her All The Love	John Holt	1970	Unverified
Goodnight My Love	John Holt	1976	Jessie Belvin
Green Green Grass	John Holt	1998	Johnny Darrell
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)	John Holt	1986	Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra, John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir
Happy Go Lucky Girl	John Holt	1991	The Fabulous Paragons
Having My Baby	John Holt	1990	Paul Anka
Help Me Make It Through the Night	John Holt	1973	Kris Kristofferson REC, Percy Sledge REL
Hey Jude	John Holt	1971	The Beatles
Holly Holy	John Holt	1970	Neil Diamond
Homely Girl	John Holt	1998	The Chi-Lites
House Is Not a Home	John Holt	1998	Brook Benton
How Sweet It Is	John Holt	1998	Marvin Gaye
I Ain't Gonna Stand for It	John Holt	1982	Stevie Wonder
I Believe in Father Christmas	John Holt	1986	Greg Lake
I'd Love You to Want Me	John Holt	1973	Lobo [US]
If I Were a Carpenter	John Holt	1979	Bobby Darin REL, Tim Hardin REC
I'm Your Man	John Holt	1969	Brooks O'Dell
I Wanna Dance	John Holt	1972	The Temptations [US1]
I Will	John Holt	1976	The Beatles Sampled by Jay-Z
Jamaica Farewell	John Holt	1978	(unknown), Harry Belafonte
Just the Two of Us	John Holt	1982	Grover Washington, Jr.
Just the Way You Are	John Holt	1978	Billy Joel
Keep On Running	John Holt	1976	Jackie Edwards
Key Largo	John Holt	1990	Bertie Higgins
Killing Me Softly with Her Song	John Holt	1973	Lori Lieberman
Last Christmas	John Holt	1986	Wham!
Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye	John Holt	1977	Manhattans [US]
Let Your Love Flow	John Holt	1982	Gene Cotton
Lonely This Christmas	John Holt	1986	Mud [GB]
Love and Affection	John Holt	2009	Joan Armatrading
Make This Young Lady Mine	John Holt	1974	The Mad Lads
Memories by the Score	John Holt	1973	The Paragons [JM]
Morning of My Life	John Holt	1973	Bee Gees REC, Ronnie Burns REL
Mr. Bojangles	John Holt	1973	Jerry Jeff Walker REL,REC
My Oh My	John Holt	1986	Slade
Never, Never, Never	John Holt	1973	Mina [IT], Shirley Bassey
No Man Is an Island	John Holt	1976	The Van Dykes [US2]
Oh Me Oh My	John Holt	1998	Lulu
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	John Holt	1976	Louis Jourdan
Only a Smile	John Holt	1977	The Fabulous Paragons
Pledging My Love	John Holt	1972	Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
Puppet on a String	John Holt	1978	Sandie Shaw
Rain from the Skies	John Holt	1972	Unverified
Rainy Night in Georgia	John Holt	1978	Tony Joe White
Red Red Wine	John Holt	1998	Neil Diamond
Release Me	John Holt	1978	Eddie Miller and His Oklahomans
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	John Holt	1986	Harry Reser and His Orchestra
Sea Cruise	John Holt - Lee Allstars	1970	Frankie Ford with Huey "Piano" Smith and Orch. REL, Huey Smith and Gerri Hall REC
Since I Fell for You	John Holt	1976	Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
Since I Met You Baby	John Holt	1976	Ivory Joe Hunter
Slow Dancing	John Holt	1990	Funky Kings
Stealing Stealing	John Holt with Tommy McCook and The Supersonics	1969	Percy Sledge
Stick by Me	John Holt	October 1971	Shep and The Limelites
Stoned Out of My Mind	John Holt	1973	The Chi-Lites
That Girl	John Holt	1998	Mel & Tim
The Further You Look	John Holt	1972	The Temptations [US1]
The Last Farewell	John Holt	1977	Roger Whittaker
The Way We Were	John Holt	1998	Barbra Streisand
This Masquerade	John Holt	1982	Leon Russell
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)	John Holt	1990	The Isley Brothers
Tide Is High	John Holt	1990	The Fabulous Paragons
Too Much Love	John Holt	1973	Bread
Touch Me in the Morning	John Holt	1976	Diana Ross
Vaya con Dios	John Holt	1982	Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights	John Holt	August 1976	Freddy Fender
We've Just Began	John Holt	1998	Paul Williams [US1] BRD, Freddie Allen REL, Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC
What Will My Mary Say	John Holt	1990	Mark Dinning
When a Child Is Born	John Holt	1986	Ciro Dammicco, Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble, Michael Holm
Wherever I Lay My Hat	John Holt	1982	Marvin Gaye
Which Way You Going Baby	John Holt	1973	The Poppy Family featuring Susan Jacks
White Christmas	John Holt	1986	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
Why Can't I Touch You	John Holt	1970	The Salvation Company PRF,REL
Winter World of Love	John Holt	1976	Engelbert Humperdinck
Yesterday	Adele Harley feat. John Holt	October 6, 2014	The Beatles
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday	John Holt	1976	Stevie Wonder REL, Chris Clark [US1] REC
You Baby	John Holt	1973	The Ronettes
You Don't Have to Say	John Holt	1998	Pino Donaggio - Orchestra dir. da P. Reverberi, Dusty Springfield
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	John Holt	1976	Lou Rawls
You Must Believe Me	John Holt	1976	The Impressions
Your Song	John Holt	1990	Elton John REC, Three Dog Night REL

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		I Will	John Holt	1976	Originally by The Beatles Sampled by Jay-Z
		Police in Helicopter	John Holt	1982	Covered by (7 artists) Sampled by Top Cat [GB2]

Songs written by John Holt

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Ali Baba	John Holt	John Holt	1969	Covered by (2 artists)
Got to Get Away	John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett	The Paragons [JM]	1968	Covered by (5 artists)
Happy Go Lucky Girl	John Holt	The Fabulous Paragons	1967	Covered by (6 artists)
Memories by the Score	John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett	The Paragons [JM]	1968	Covered by (3 artists)
OK Fred	John Holt	John Holt	1972	Covered by (4 artists)
Only a Smile	John Holt	The Fabulous Paragons	1967	Covered by (3 artists)
Police in Helicopter	John Holt	John Holt	1982	Covered by (7 artists)
Riding High on a Windy Day	John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett	The Paragons with Tommy McCook and The Supersonics	1967	Covered by Umberto Echo
Same Song	John Holt	The Paragons, Tommy McCook and The Supersonics	1968	Covered by (3 artists)
Strange Things	John Holt	John Holt	1970	Covered by Roseaux
The Tide Is High	John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett	The Fabulous Paragons	1967	Covered by (49 artists)
Tonight	John Holt	John Holt with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1968	Covered by Ken Lazarus
Wear You to the Ball	John Holt	The Fabulous Paragons	1967	Covered by (3 artists)
You and Your Smiling Face	John Holt	Brown Sugar	1981	Covered by (3 artists)
You and Your Smiling Face	John Holt	Dennis Brown	1973	Unverified

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Left with a Broken Heart	John Holt	Left with a Broken Heart	The Paragons [JM]	Covered by (10 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1000 Volts of Holt	John Holt	1973	Trojan Records [GB]
1000 Volts of Holt (Deluxe Edition)	John Holt	2009	Trojan Records [GB]
2000 Volts of Holt	John Holt	1976	Trojan Records [GB]
A Love I Can Feel	John Holt	1970	Studio One
Before the Next Tear Drop	John Holt	1976	Klik
Children of the World	John Holt	1990	VP Records
Dusty Roads	John Holt	1974	Total Sounds
Fistful of Holt	John Holt	1998	Charm
Holt	John Holt	1971	Jaguar [JM]
Just a Country Boy	John Holt	1978	Trojan Records [GB]
Just the Two of Us	John Holt	1982	CSA Records [GB]
Pledging My Love	John Holt	1972	Trojan Records [GB]
Slow Dancing	John Holt	1990	Moodies Records
Super Star	John Holt	1976	Weed Beat
The Further You Look	John Holt	1973	Trojan Records [GB]
The John Holt Showcase	John Holt	1977	Thunder Bolt
The Reggae Christmas Hits	John Holt	1986	Trojan Records [GB]
Wild Fire	Brown & Holt	1985	Tad's Record
World of Love	John Holt	1977	Weed Beat

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ali Baba	John Holt	1969	Treasure Isle
Ali Baba	John Holt	1969	Treasure Isle
A Love I Can Feel - Long Liver Man	John Holt - Hugh Black	1970	Coxsone Records
Blame It on the Rain	John Holt	1990	Jammy's Records
Ecstasy	John Holt	1973	Ackee
Everybody's Talkin'	John Holt	1977	Trojan Records [GB]
Every Day Is Just a Holiday	John Holt	1978	Channel One
For the Love of You	John Holt	1975	Impact! [JM]
Happy Go Lucky Girl	John Holt	1991	Parish
Having My Baby	John Holt	1990	Jammy's Records
Holly Holy	John Holt	1970	Bamboo [GB]
Just the Way You Are	John Holt	1978	Trojan Records [GB]
OK Fred	John Holt	1972	Studio One
Police in Helicopter	John Holt	1982	Volcano [JM]
Sea Cruise	John Holt - Lee Allstars	1970	Unity [GB]
Stealing Stealing - Stealing Stealing Vol 2	John Holt with Tommy McCook and The Supersonics - Winston Wright with Tommy McCook and The Supersonics	1969	Treasure Isle
Stick by Me	John Holt	October 1971	Jackpot [JM]
Strange Things	John Holt	1970	Sunshot
Strange Things Happening	John Holt	1971	Tranquility
Sweetie Come Brush Me	John Holt	1982	Striker Lee
The Further You Look	John Holt	1972	Federal [JM]
Tide Is High - Mud Up-Workie Workie	John Holt - Steely & Clevie	1990	Digital-B
Tonight	John Holt with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics	1968	Treasure Isle
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights	John Holt	August 1976	Caribbean
What Love Can Do	John Holt	1979	Super Sonic
Winter World of Love	John Holt	1976	Caribbean
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	John Holt	1976	Justice

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Timeless	Adele Harley	October 6, 2014	Mafia and Fluxy

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Police in Helicopter	Raphael [IT]	October 27, 2014	Irievibrations Records

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#148353	Mark_Heyrman	2020-10-17 04:50:42 UTC	processed	2020-11-01 09:46:53 UTC by Bastien
#148355	Mark_Heyrman	2020-10-17 05:22:05 UTC	processed	2020-11-01 09:46:23 UTC by Bastien

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