Phyllis Dillon

Phyllis Dillon

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Phyllis Dillon, born on December 27, 1944, in Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica, was a Jamaican singer known for her contributions to rocksteady and reggae music. Influenced by American singers, Phyllis Dillon began singing in talent contests before being discovered by Duke Reid's session guitarist Lynn Taitt. Her first recording, "Don’t Stay Away", released in 1967 for Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label, marked the start of her career. Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Phyllis Dillon recorded notable songs, including "Perfidia" and duets with Alton Ellis. She released her debut album One Life to Live in 1972. After a hiatus from recording, Phyllis Dillon returned to performing in the 1990s and toured internationally. She passed away on April 15, 2004, in Long Island, New York, after battling cancer for two years.

Top tracks

15
Perfidia
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:48
Writer: Alberto Dominguez Borras - Milton Leeds / Composers: Alberto Dominguez Borras - Milton Leeds
20
Get On the Right Track
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:30
Composers: Hopeton Lewis
05
Make Me Yours
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:20
Writer: Bettye Swann / Composers: Bettye Swann
37
Remember That Sunday (Extended Mix)
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
04:00
Writer: Alton Ellis - Edgar Clinton Gordon - Winston Jarrett / Composers: Alton Ellis - Edgar Clinton Gordon - Winston Jarrett
06
Picture On The Wall - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:44
13
Why Did You Leave Me
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:39
Writer: Barry Llewellyn - Earl Morgan - Leroy Sibbles / Composers: Barry Llewellyn - Earl Morgan - Leroy Sibbles
06
Remember That Sunday
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:34
Writer: Alton Ellis - Edgar Clinton Gordon - Winston Jarrett / Composers: Alton Ellis - Edgar Clinton Gordon - Winston Jarrett
02
Love The One You're With
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:53
Writer: Stephen Stills / Composers: Stephen Stills
20
You Are Like Heaven To Me
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:05
Writer: Unknown / Composers: Unknown
06
Picture On The Wall
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:44
Writer: Oswald Samms / Composers: Oswald Samms
01
You Are Like Heaven To Me - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:04
04
Something
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:32
Composers: George Harrison
11
Close To You - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
03:13
09
One Love To Give - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:50
03
Nice Time (Long Time No Nice Time)
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:27
Writer: Bob Marley / Composers: Bob Marley
09
It's Rocking Time
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:50
Composers: Phyllis Dillon
21
I Wear His Ring
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:11
Writer: Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant - Narciso Serradell / Composers: Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant - Narciso Serradell
01
One Life to Live, One Life to Give (Livin' in Love)
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:32
Writer: Teddy Randazzo - Victoria Pike / Composers: Teddy Randazzo - Victoria Pike
14
Boys and Girls Reggae
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:16
Writer: Duke Reid - Ken Parker / Composers: Duke Reid - Ken Parker
17
Don't Stay Away
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:33
Composers: Phyllis Dillon
16
Lipstick On Your Collar
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:08
Composers: George Goehring - Edna Lewis
09
Eddie Oh Baby
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:43
Writer: Eric Donaldson / Composers: Eric Donaldson
22
Tulips And Heather
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:09
Writer: Harold Fields - Howard E.R. Barnes - Joseph Roncoroni / Composers: Harold Fields - Howard E.R. Barnes - Joseph Roncoroni
08
Close to You
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:14
Writer: Burt Bacharach - Hal David / Composers: Burt Bacharach - Hal David
24
A Thing Of The Past
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:42
Writer: Bob Brass - Irwin Levine / Composers: Bob Brass - Irwin Levine
13
Midnight Confessions
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:32
Writer: Lou Josie / Composers: Lou Josie
05
Perfidia
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:30
Composers: Borras Dominguez
10
We Belong Together
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:54
Writer: Hy Weiss - Joni Mitchell - Robert Carr / Composers: Hy Weiss - Joni Mitchell - Robert Carr
26
It's Rocking Time
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:50
Writer: Phyllis Dillon / Composers: Phyllis Dillon
25
Walk Through This World with Me
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:15
Writer: Kaye Savage - Sandy Seamons / Composers: Kaye Savage - Sandy Seamons
23
Take My Heart
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:21
Writer: Hopeton Lewis / Composers: Hopeton Lewis
11
The Love That A Woman Should Give A Man
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:29
Writer: Angelo Badalamenti / Composers: Angelo Badalamenti
07
Woman Of The Ghetto
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:23
Writer: Marlena Shaw - Richard Lee Evans - Robert Eugene Miller / Composers: Marlena Shaw - Richard Lee Evans - Robert Eugene Miller
05
I Can't Forget About You Baby
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:05
Writer: Dawn Penn / Composers: Dawn Penn
28
Boys and Girls Reggae (Take 3)
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:11
Writer: Andrew Parker - Arthur Reid / Composers: Andrew Parker - Arthur Reid
16
Love Is All I Had
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:46
Writer: Phyllis Dillon / Composers: Phyllis Dillon
19
Don't Touch Me Tomato
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:04
Writer: Duke Reid / Composers: Duke Reid
19
Perfidia
Phyllis Dillon
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:40
Composers: Dominguez
22
Leave It In The Hands Of Love
Phyllis Dillon
The Birth of Trojan
02:57
Writer: Sugar Pie DeSanto - Shena De Mell / Composers: Sugar Pie DeSanto - Shena De Mell
07
Out The Light - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:16
05
One Life to Live
Phyllis Dillon
Get Gone Road Trips: Under the Boardwalk - A Trip to the Beach with Your Favorite Doo Wop, Reggae, And More!
02:32
14
Love Is All I Had
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:46
Writer: Phyllis Dillon / Composers: Phyllis Dillon
114
Woman of the Ghetto
Phyllis Dillon
The Treasure Isle Story
03:21
Writer: Richard Evans - R.E. Miller - Marlena Shaw / Composers: Richard Evans - R.E. Miller - Marlena Shaw
22
Don't Touch Me Tomato
Phyllis Dillon
Gems from Treasure Isle
03:07
Composers: Reid
03
We Belong Together - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:54
08
Long Time No Nice Time
Phyllis Dillon
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
02:28
Composers: Marley
12
Remember That Sunday
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:28
Composers: Alton Ellis

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  • Discography
Albums
Love Was All I Had
℗ 1999 Observer Music
17-03-2017
Love Was All I Had
01
Don't Stay Away
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:30
Composers: Phyllis Dillon - Arthur Reid
02
Out The Light
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:16
Composers: Arthur Reid
03
Right Track
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:30
Composers: Phyllis Dillon - Arthur Reid - Hopeton Lewis
04
Don't Touch Me Tomato
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:58
Composers: Arthur Reid
05
Perfidia
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:30
Composers: Borras Dominguez
06
Things of the Past
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:37
Composers: Phyllis Dillon
07
Love Was All I Had
Phyllis Dillon
Love Was All I Had
02:48
Composers: Leonard Dillon
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Don't Stay Away
27-06-2011
Don't Stay Away
01
Don't Stay Away
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
02:36
02
Perfidia
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
02:49
03
Love the One You're With
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
03:31
04
Rock Steady
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
02:53
05
The Love That a Woman Should Give a Man
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
02:41
06
Why Did You Leave (Ft. Alton Ellis)
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
03:09
07
Don't Touch My Tomato
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
02:47
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Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
12-06-2006
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
01
You Are Like Heaven To Me - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:04
02
Woman's Ghetto - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
03:23
03
We Belong Together - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:54
04
The Love A Woman Should Give A Man - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
03:27
05
Something - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
03:41
06
Picture On The Wall - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:44
07
Out The Light - Original
Phyllis Dillon
Phyllis Dillon Selected Hits
02:16
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Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
℗ 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
01-01-2004
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
01
Don't Stay Away
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:33
Composers: Phyllis Dillon
02
This Is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:50
Writer: Harold Adamson - Jimmy McHugh / Composers: Harold Adamson - Jimmy McHugh
03
Tulips And Heather
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
03:09
Writer: Harold Fields - Howard E.R. Barnes - Joseph Roncoroni / Composers: Harold Fields - Howard E.R. Barnes - Joseph Roncoroni
04
A Thing Of The Past
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:42
Writer: Bob Brass - Irwin Levine / Composers: Bob Brass - Irwin Levine
05
Make Me Yours
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:20
Writer: Bettye Swann / Composers: Bettye Swann
06
Leave It In The Hands Of Love
Phyllis Dillon
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:55
Writer: Sugar Pie DeSanto - Shena De Mell / Composers: Sugar Pie DeSanto - Shena De Mell
07
Perfidia (Longer Version)
Tommy McCook
Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul
02:46
Composers: Alberto Dominguez Borras - Milton Leeds
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Gems from Treasure Isle
2001 Charly
01-12-2001
Gems from Treasure Isle
01
Woman Come
Don Drummond
Gems from Treasure Isle
03:09
Composers: Mahfood - Reid
02
Starry Night
Tommy McCook
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:47
Composers: Williams
03
Corner Stone
Don Drummond
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:24
Composers: Reid
04
Penny Reel
Eric Morris
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:29
Composers: Morris
05
Strolling In
Tommy McCook
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:26
Composers: McCook - Reid
06
Save a Bread
Justin Hinds
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:41
Composers: Hinds
07
Twilight Zone
The Baba Brooks Band
Gems from Treasure Isle
02:53
Composers: Brooks
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One Life to Live
℗ 2022 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
01-01-1972
One Life to Live
01
One Life to Live, One Life to Give (Livin' in Love)
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:32
Writer: Teddy Randazzo - Victoria Pike / Composers: Teddy Randazzo - Victoria Pike
02
Love The One You're With
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:53
Writer: Stephen Stills / Composers: Stephen Stills
03
Nice Time (Long Time No Nice Time)
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:27
Writer: Bob Marley / Composers: Bob Marley
04
Something
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:32
Composers: George Harrison
05
I Can't Forget About You Baby
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:05
Writer: Dawn Penn / Composers: Dawn Penn
06
Picture On The Wall
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
02:44
Writer: Oswald Samms / Composers: Oswald Samms
07
Woman Of The Ghetto
Phyllis Dillon
One Life to Live
03:23
Writer: Marlena Shaw - Richard Lee Evans - Robert Eugene Miller / Composers: Marlena Shaw - Richard Lee Evans - Robert Eugene Miller
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Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
1968 Treasure Isle
31-12-1968
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
01
Angels of the Morning
Joya Landis
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
03:06
Composers: Taylor
02
Willow Tree
Alton Ellis
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
02:47
Composers: Alton Ellis
03
Heat Wave
Tommy McCook
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
03:19
Composers: McCook
04
Out the Light
Phyllis Dillon
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
02:18
Composers: Unidentified
05
My Best Girl
The Paragons
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
02:38
Composers: Barrett - Evans - Holt
06
What the World Needs Now Is Love
Tommy McCook
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
02:12
Composers: Bacharach - David
07
I Can't Stand It
Alton Ellis
Come Rock with Me in Jamaica
02:25
Composers: Alton Ellis
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EPs
Perfidia
℗ 2025 Peckings
04-07-2025
Perfidia
01
Perfidia (Alternate Mix)
Phyllis Dillon
Perfidia
02:47
Writer: Phyllis Dillon / Composers: Alberto Domínguez
02
Perfidia Dub
Duke Supersonic
Perfidia
02:47
Composers: Alberto Domínguez
03
Love The One You're With
Phyllis Dillon
Perfidia
02:59
Writer: Stephen Stills / Composers: Stephen Stills
04
Love This Dub Mad
Duke Supersonic
Perfidia
02:58
Composers: Stephen Stills
Singles
Don't Stay Away
1967 Treasure Isle
20-10-2018
Don't Stay Away
01
Don't Stay Away
Phyllis Dillon
Don't Stay Away
02:34
Composers: Dillon
Perfidia
1967 Treasure Isle
03-08-2018
Perfidia
01
Perfidia
Phyllis Dillon
Perfidia
02:40
Composers: Dominguez
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Mr Soul of Jamaica
℗ 2013 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
13-05-2013
Mr Soul of Jamaica
01
Breaking Up (Is Hard to Do)
Tommy McCook
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:59
Writer: Albert Frahm - Johann Christoph Busse / Composers: Albert Frahm - Johann Christoph Busse
02
Why Birds Follow Spring
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:30
Writer: Alton Ellis / Composers: Alton Ellis
03
I Can't Stop Now
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
03:22
Writer: Alton Ellis / Composers: Alton Ellis
04
Ain't That Lovin' You
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:51
Writer: Allen Jones - Homer Banks / Composers: Allen Jones - Homer Banks
05
You've Made Me So Very Happy
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:51
Writer: Berry Gordy Jr. - Brenda Holloway - Frank Wilson - Patrice Yvonne Holloway / Composers: Berry Gordy Jr. - Brenda Holloway - Frank Wilson - Patrice Yvonne Holloway
06
Remember That Sunday
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:34
Writer: Alton Ellis - Edgar Clinton Gordon - Winston Jarrett / Composers: Alton Ellis - Edgar Clinton Gordon - Winston Jarrett
07
All My Tears (Come Rolling)
Alton Ellis
Mr Soul of Jamaica
02:43
Writer: Alton Ellis / Composers: Alton Ellis
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Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
This Compilation ℗ 2022 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
01-01-1968
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
01
True, True, True
Ken Parker
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
02:13
Writer: Unknown / Composers: Unknown
02
Run Come Celebrate (Festival '68)
The Techniques
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
02:15
Composers: Bruce Ruffin
03
Sweet Soul Music
The Gladiators
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
01:58
Writer: Jarrett - Arthur Reid / Composers: Jarrett - Arthur Reid
04
Kansas City
Joya Landis
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
02:52
Writer: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller / Composers: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
05
Love Up Kiss Up
The Termites
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
02:21
Writer: Lloyd Parks / Composers: Lloyd Parks
06
Funny
The Soul Lads
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
03:06
Writer: Ernest Wilson / Composers: Ernest Wilson
07
Regay (Lonely Goatherd)
Tommy McCook
Here Comes the Duke (Expanded Version)
02:13
Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II / Composers: Richard Rodgers
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Version Galore
℗ 2002 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
01-01-1971
Version Galore
01
Your Ace From Space
Tommy McCook
Version Galore
02:53
Composers: John Holt
02
On The Beach
U-Roy
Version Galore
02:41
Writer: John Holt - Chris Evans / Composers: John Holt - Chris Evans
03
Version Galore
The Melodians
Version Galore
02:58
Writer: Unknown / Composers: Unknown
04
True Confession
U-Roy
Version Galore
02:38
Writer: Unknown / Composers: Unknown
05
Tide Is High
U-Roy
Version Galore
02:44
Writer: Unknown / Composers: Unknown
06
Things You Love
U-Roy
Version Galore
02:53
Composers: Judith Weir - Tommy Cowan
07
The Same Song
U-Roy
Version Galore
02:57
Composers: Steve Evans - John Holt
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The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
2014 Gorgon Records
19-08-2014
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
01
Jamaica Ska
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
02:18
02
My New Name
Toots & The Maytals
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
02:17
03
Rub Up Push Up
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
02:42
04
Train To Skaville
The Ethiopians
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
02:55
05
Soon You'll Be Gone
The Blues Busters
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
02:44
06
Oil In My Lamp
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
02:30
07
Blazing Fire
Derrick Morgan
The Ska's The Limit Vol. 2
03:20
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Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
This Compilation ℗ 2012 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
15-03-2012
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
01
Get On the Right Track
Phyllis Dillon
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:30
Composers: Hopeton Lewis
02
Moonlight Lover
The Supersonics
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:20
Composers: Lloyd Willis
03
Moonlight Groover
Tommy McCook
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:29
Composers: Arthur Reid
04
Tonight
The Supersonics
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:34
Writer: Brian Atkinson - John Holt / Composers: Brian Atkinson - John Holt
05
Breaking Up (Is Hard to Do)
Tommy McCook
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:59
Writer: Albert Frahm - Johann Christoph Busse / Composers: Albert Frahm - Johann Christoph Busse
06
Ali Baba
John Holt
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:39
Writer: Brian Atkinson - John Holt / Composers: Brian Atkinson - John Holt
07
Everybody Bawling
The Melodians
Treasure Isle Presents: Original Reggae
02:21
Writer: Brent Dowe - Tony Brevett - Trevor McNaughton / Composers: Brent Dowe - Tony Brevett - Trevor McNaughton
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