[4] Smith then moved to Coxsone Dodd's Studio One where he decided on a change of name, 'Al Capone' being a nickname that had stuck with him since going to see a gangster movie with friends.

In the period from 1970 to 1973, Alcapone made over 100 singles and released three albums,[3][4] for a range of producers including Hudson, Dodd, Reid, Bunny Lee, Lee Perry, Joe Gibbs, Prince Buster, Alvin Ranglin, Prince Tony Robinson, J.J. Johnson and Phil Pratt, often recording for several producers on the same day.

[3] After several international tours in the first half of the 1970s, Alcapone relocated to London in 1974,[7] and after releasing four further albums between 1974 and 1977, became less active musically, particularly after the death of his mother in 1979, although still recorded occasionally.

[4] He returned to Jamaica in 1990 to record again with Bunny Lee, and also made an appearance on Adrian Sherwood's Two Bad Card album.

[1] Alcapone had his own distinct half-sung style[8] with high-pitched whoops, with his influence visible in DJ's that followed such as I-Roy and the later "sing-jays".