Artist: The Specials Source: The Specials (Album, 1979) Genre: 2 Tone British-Jamaican musician Dandy Livingstone first released his rocksteady song ‘Rudy a Message To You’ in 1967. The original recording received moderate success, selling around 30,000 units, but it was the 1979 cover by The Specials re-titled ‘A Message to You Rudy’ that reached achieved mainstream success, peaking at number 10 in the UK singles charts.