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Toots Hibbert
Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, frontman of Toots and the Maytals, the pioneering ska and rock steady group, says that he invented the term “reggae” to describe what has become one of the most popular music genres in the world. The group's song “Do The Reggay” is considered the first to use the word.
https://jamaicans.com/frederick-toots-hibbert-explains-how-he-invented-the-term-reggae/
Peter Broggs "Rastafari Liveth"
Back home, he went into radio, hosting a reggae show using the moniker Dr Dread. He started RAS Records in 1981. The company's first release was Rastafari Liveth, an album by roots singer Peter Broggs.
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/The-whole-story_17681547
True Democracy
Ronald McQueen (also known as "Ponnic McQueen" or "Stepper") is a bass guitarist and one of the original members of the reggae band Steel Pulse. McQueen is usually credited with naming the band "Steel Pulse" after a successful racehorse. He was the main bass guitarist for their first four albums but left on good terms before the recording of Pulse's fifth album Earth Crisis.
Black Uhuru "Anthem"
Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording, the honor was presented to artists for eligible songs or albums. The Jamaican group Black Uhuru received the first award in 1985.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Reggae_Album
Luciana
Luciana* – Moving Up Label: RAS Records Inc. – RAS 3129 Format: CD, Album Released: 1993 Genre: Reggae Style: Roots Reggae
Ivory Coast
Seydou Koné, better known by his stage name Alpha Blondy, is an Ivorian reggae singer and international recording artist. Many of his songs are politically and socially motivated, and are mainly sung in his native language of Dioula, French and in English, though he occasionally uses other languages, for example, Arabic or Hebrew.
Edi Fitzroy
Edi Fitzroy is a hero to the people of Jamaica. He is credited with being the first radio personality to play Reggae on the air in Jamaica—read that again—he was the first person to play Reggae on the radio in Jamaica. When he did, it was a major controversy, but the people loved it. It goes like this: he and his colleague locked themselves in the radio booth, refused to come out, and continued playing Reggae all day on a predominantly R&B and Soul station. This event was recreated in the movie “Rockers.” At this time in the early 1970s, there was only one radio station on the island (JBC), so it was a major event that everyone heard. The buzz soon resulted in Reggae being played full-time on the island and several Reggae radio stations being born.
Jean Watt
Jean Watt is the wife of the legendary musician Bunny Wailer. The reggae legend credited his wife for some recordings in the early 1970s. She is credited for writing ‘Hallelujah Time’ and ‘Pass It On’, which appeared on The Wailers album 'Burnin’' in 1973.
In a Witeman Country
It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long In the '50s my mother sister run go Englan No my mother gone a America she turn American It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long So you left Clarendon fi go a Brixton And you check things cool in a Liverpool But in before we did know that tings would get a blo It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long And I listen the news and I get confused A black man join the Ku Klux Klan It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long If you're white it alright; if you're brown stick around If you're black get back or you bettah attack It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long Now the fire are go burn and the blood a run Time Big Ben really tumble down Attah say him a gone go de chalice But me say him should a burn down the palace It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long Hear why When you there you say "hey Sir" When you go there you say "hey mate it's getting late" It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long So dem shoot Reagan - them shoot the Pope The shoot after the queen and you take it fi a joke It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long Blacks In Englan what is your plan Blacks in Englan take the time Skinhead dem now check them crime Blacks in Englan find your land It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long It no good fi stay in a witeman country too long
Garnet Silk
During the interview, Garnet was asked how many "Ts" in his name. He answered, "Why use two when one does the job?"
"Starvation on the Land"
Sutherland was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Above Rocks in Saint Catherine Parish. She began performing in 1979, winning the Tastee Talent Contest that year (beating Paul Blake and Yellowman), with her parents managing her career while she studied at St Andrew High School. She combined her musical career with studies in business administration and was the first artist signed by Bob Marley to his Tuff Gong label, recording "Starvation on the Land" while aged eleven.
Roots Radics
Night Nurse is reggae artist Gregory Isaacs' most well-known album. It contains his biggest hit, "Night Nurse" as well as several other notable tracks. Backing came from the Roots Radics, with additional synthesizer added by Wally Badarou.
Pave the Way
Pave the Way was the third of three albums that Pablo Moses recorded at Dynamic Studio with producer Geoffrey Chung. Originally released on LP in 1980, it soon fell off the marketplace radar and has remained out of print for 25 years. Enter Young Tree Records, which teamed up with the respected Washington, DC producer and engineer Jim Fox to bring the album back to light. Moses still had the original quarter-inch tapes in his possession; he turned them over to Fox, who worked his typical magic and restored them to their original pristine glory, and they are reissued here on CD with a second disc of dub versions.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/pave-the-way-pave-the-way-dubs-mr0000201190
Bob Marley
The four siblings initially came together as a musical unit in 1979 to record "Children Playing in the Streets".[2] Bob Marley had composed the song four years earlier for his children and wanted to share this gift with children around the world. All royalties from the single were pledged to the United Nations, to aid its efforts during the International Year of the Child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Marley_and_the_Melody_Makers
Richie Stephens
Born in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica, Stephens worked in the early 1990s as part of the twice Grammy Award-winning act Soul II Soul. He recorded at Motown, and recorded for the VP label before establishing his own label, Pot of Gold Records.
1981
Track Listing - Disc 1 1 - Steel Pulse: Sound System 2 - Steel Pulse: Ku Klux Klan 3 - Steel Pulse: Handsworth Revolution 4 - Steel Pulse: Smile Jamaica 5 - Rita Marley & the I-Threes: Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 6 - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers / The Wailers: Sugar Pie 7 - Eek-A-Mouse / The Wailers: Wa Do Dem 8 - Dennis Brown: If I Had the World Track Listing - Disc 2 1 - Black Uhuru: Plastic Smile 2 - Black Uhuru: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner 3 - Sheila Hylton: The Bed's Too Big Without You 4 - Gregory Isaacs: Soon Forward 5 - Carlene Davis: The Harder They Come 6 - The Mighty Diamonds: Right Time 7 - Third World: 1865 (96 In the Shade) 8 - Third World: Rock the World
https://www.allmusic.com/album/reggae-sunsplash-81-a-tribute-to-bob-marley-mw0000311887
"The Israelites" by Desmond Dekker and the Aces
The first Jamaican performers to reach number one in Britain were Desmond Dekker and the Aces with "Israelites" in 1969. The second act was Althea & Donna with "Up Town, Top Ranking" in 1977.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_music_in_the_United_Kingdom
Leslie Kong
In 1962, Kong recorded Marley's first single: "One Cup of Coffee" and "Judge Not", and Jimmy Cliff's first hit, "Miss Jamaica".
Earl Zero
None Shall Escape the Judgement is a 1973 song by Jamaican musician Earl Zero. It has spawned numerous cover versions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_Shall_Escape_the_Judgement