The song, sung by the Comets' steel guitarist and occasional vocalist Billy Williamson, is a rock and roll tribute to Jamaica and the British West Indies – as one of the many stops around the world on the Comets' LP Rockin' Around the World.
The concept album came after the Comets launched a succes...
[Verse 1]
Kingston to Montego Bay
All I do is work all day
Work don’t bother me like you
Not the kind of work I do
[Chorus]
Job I got is called DJ
Spin the record around all day
Play calypso when request
Rock and roll I like the best
When the tourist leave the ship
He expect calypso sound
Dig me cats I play for him
Rock and roll the whole day long
[Verse 2]
Kingston to Montego Bay
[?] jockey play
Song you like, I play it quick
But it must be on that rocking kick
[Verse 1]
Kingston to Montego Bay
All I do is work all day
But work don’t bother me like you
No, not the kind of work I do
[Chorus]
Job I got is called DJ
Spin the record around all day
Play calypso when request
Rock and roll I like the best
When the tourist leave the ship
He expect calypso sound
Dig me cats I play for him
Rock and roll the whole day long
Job I got is called DJ
Spin the record around all day
Play calypso when request
Rock and roll I like the best
Jamaica D.J. was written by Catherine Cafra & Rusty Keefer & Milt Gabler & Bill Haley.
Jamaica D.J. was produced by Milt Gabler.
Bill Haley & His Comets released Jamaica D.J. on Mon Mar 17 1958.