Ralph Capone Ralph Capone Ralph "Bottles" Capone, Sr., (January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974) was a Chicago mobster and an older brother of Al Capone and Frank Capone. Ralph Capone got the nickname "Bottles" not from involvement in the Capone bootlegging empire, but from his running the legitimate non-alcoholic beverage and bottling operations in Chicago. Further family lore suggests that the nickname was specifically tied to his lobbying the Illinois Legislature to put into law that milk bottling companies had to stamp the date that the milk was bottled on the bottle. He was most famous for being named by the
Al Capone (song) 15-year-old Suggs, had provided him with inspiration which later went towards the formation of Madness of which he was lead singer. It was not until 1967 that the song became a hit for Prince Buster, making number 18 in the UK charts and staying for 13 weeks. It was a crossover success as British youth saw the image of Jamaicans wearing sunglasses and dressed in a rude boy style as iconic. Al Capone (song) "Al Capone" is a song and single by Jamaican singer-songwriter Prince Buster. It was first released in 1964. At the time it was written many Jamaicans