# Laurel Aitken | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 10:08 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Laurel Aitken
- Visible lyric pages: 18

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `laurel-aitken`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 10:08 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-2097c6bab6958486
- Visible lyric pages: 18
- Pages with stored lyric text: 18
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 16747
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 19
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Apollo 12, Baby Please Dont Go, Back To New Orleans, Bartender, Don't Be Cruel, Drinkin' Whiskey, EveryBody Suffering, and It's Too Late
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Laurel Aitken was born in Cuba in 1927 and later became a key figure in Jamaican ska music. He moved to Kingston in the 1950s, where he absorbed local sounds like calypso and jazz, eventually helping shape what became known as ska. His song "Skinhead" from 1965 became particularly well-known, connecting with the emerging skinhead subculture of the time. Other tracks like "Sally Brown" and "Apollo 12" also circulated widely,...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Apollo 12 — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/apollo-12
2. Baby Please Dont Go — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/baby-please-dont-go
3. Back To New Orleans — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/back-to-new-orleans
4. Bartender — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/bartender
5. Don't Be Cruel — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/don-t-be-cruel
6. Drinkin' Whiskey — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/drinkin-whiskey
7. EveryBody Suffering — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/everybody-suffering
8. It's Too Late — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/it-s-too-late
9. Jenny Jenny — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/jenny-jenny
10. Negro — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/negro
11. Perfidia — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/perfidia
12. Quizas Quizas — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/quizas-quizas
13. Rude Boy Dreams — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/rude-boy-dreams
14. Rudi Got Married — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/rudi-got-married
15. Sally Brown — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/sally-brown
16. Save The Last Dance — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/save-the-last-dance
17. Skinhead — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/skinhead
18. Woppi King — https://lyroverse.com/laurel-aitken/woppi-king