Errol Dunkley
“Baby Be True” (Sydna Records) c. 1970s
by Wax Poetics
A gem-like slice of “lovers rock” from Errol Dunkley, who gained modest fame as a teenage heartthrob cutting rocksteady hits like “You’re Gonna Need Me.” Though Dunkley and producer Pete Weston, who cut the rhythm on this track, would later find success with booming roots cuts like “Created by the Father” and “Black Cinderella,” “Baby Be True” finds Dunkley plaintively revisiting the romantic subject matter of his early hits.
