Soldering (song)

"Soldering"
Single by the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford
from the album Soldering
Released	1975 (1975)
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:03
Label	Heartbeat
Songwriter(s)	Ewart Beckford & Alvin Ranglin

"Soldering" is a song written by Ewart Beckford & Alvin Ranglin,^[1] and originally released by the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford in 1975. Other artists who recorded it include Desmond Dekker, the Specials, and Hall & Oates. About a woman's choosiness, the title is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

Originally a big hit in early 1975 for Jamaican Stanley Beckford under the name the Starlights (or the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford),^[2] he is often not credited due to the lack of copyright in Jamaica at the time.

AMG's Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Hall & Oates' cover, from the album Daryl Hall & John Oates released in late 1975, as, "fall[ing] flat," and, "reggae tinged."^[3]

References

1. "Soldering: Starlights", AllMusic.com.
2. (1976). Arts review, Volumes 1-2; Volume 4, p.51. Creative Arts Centre, University of the West Indies.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Daryl Hall & John Oates (Bonus Tracks)", AllMusic.com.