One of my favorite reggae phenomena is the cover song. Thousands of popular rock and soul tunes - many quite unlikely - have been transformed into reggae classics. Bread's "Everything I Own" by Ken Boothe is foremost among this repertoire. Many (not me) would consider the original bathetic and pedestrian. In Boothe's hands, it soars, becoming one of the single greatest reggae records ever cut largely on the strength of the understated performance. Actually, Ken Boothe had a long career as a soulful singer prior to "Everything I Own" (which hit it big in England), recording in the rock steady style for Studio One. These sides are restored on Heartbeat's A Man & His Hits. The later songs are featured on 18 Classic Songs or, preferably, Everything I Own on the British reggae label Trojan. The pick of the litter, however, would be Crying Over You: The Anthology, a career-spanning 2-CD set.