Don't Let Me Down

Marcia Griffiths cut this reggae cover in Jamaica in 1969 for producer Harry Johnson, with Lloyd Charmers on piano and a backing band that included Lloyd Parks, Paul Williams, and Willie Lindo. The single was issued as a Harry J release and later included on her 1974 album Play Me Sweet and Nice. The track showed Griffiths translating a Beatles song into a Jamaican reggae setting at the start of her solo career. It became part of the material that established her as one of Jamaica’s leading female singers and remained a standout from the early Harry J era. The recording has stayed in circulation through later album reissues and compilation appearances, where it is often highlighted as a classic Marcia Griffiths cover. It continues to be prized by reggae collectors as one of her best-known early solo sides.