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This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have either been critical to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
Dub is a subgenre of reggae which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... singers and producers.
This is a list of notable roots reggae musicians, singers and producers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960–1975 is a reggae retrospective anthology issued as a 4-CD box set in 2004 by Trojan Records. [2] [3] [4] The anthology, which was compiled by Colin Escott and Bas Hartong, is arranged in chronological order and features tracks by various artists, starting with mento and ska from the first half of the 1960s, then progressing to the slower rhythms of ...
The heyday of roots reggae is usually considered the latter half of the 1970s – with artists such as The Abyssinians, Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Max Romeo, Horace Andy, Hugh Mundell, and Lincoln Thompson, and groups like Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Israel Vibration, The Gladiators and ...
By the end of the 1970s, Marley’s influence extended beyond music into global culture and politics. Following the release of “Survival” in 1979, Marley returned to political themes writing ...
Artists such as Carole King (1971’s landmark Tapestry), Neil Young (After the Gold Rush, 1970) and James Taylor (Sweet Baby James, 1970) exemplified this trend.
By the early 1970s, he was one of the biggest stars of reggae, and his work with producer Lee was key to his success; [9] "Stick By Me" was the biggest selling Jamaican record of 1972, one of a number of records recorded with Lee.