[2] Leaving producer Leslie Kong, they moved on to Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio.
Dodd took the duo into the studio, and recorded a series of singles (including "Rudie Gone a Jail", "Sho Be Do Be", "Rudie Bam Bam", "You Can't Be Happy" and "Darling Forever" – all chart-toppers in Jamaica,[3] and "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down") that helped to define the "rude boy" era of ska, alongside the other (initially less successful) young vocal group that Dodd was working with, The Wailers.
[1][4] Peter and Ernest brought the seven-year-old Freddie McGregor (who had to stand on a crate to reach the microphone),[4] to the attention of Mr. Dodd.
[2] Ernest Wilson was the first member to establish himself as a solo artist, with singles such as "Storybook Children" and "If I Were a Carpenter", and briefly recorded under the name "King Shark", and with The Techniques.
[1] McGregor took some time to establish himself as a solo artist, working at Studio One as a session drummer and backing singer, but found success with "Bobby Babylon", and since the late 1970s has been one of the biggest names in reggae.