Career
Aitken"s break into the music industry came while she was still a student at Excelsior High School - in her own words: "I was singing at a school concert, and Lloyd Parks and the We the People Band was backing us. Then I began to do recordings for Joe Gibbs". She concentrated on lovers rock and recorded a popular version of the Alton Ellis song "I"m Still in Love With You" (as "I"m Still in Love with You Boy", recorded while still at Excelsior), which was a number one hit in Jamaica and successful United Kingdom and United States reggae charts, and also formed the basis of Trinity"s "Three Piece Suit" and Althea & Donna"s "Uptown Top Ranking".
She had another Jamaican number one single in 1978 with "My Manitoba", a combination record with Trinity.
She also recorded songs by Ansel Cridland of The Meditations, including "Narrow Minded Manitoba", a response to The Meditations" chauvinistic "Woman is Like a Shadow". Aitken recorded a single album, Reggae Impact, produced by Gibbs and Willie Lindo.
In the 2000s she studied for a degree in Business Management.
