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Reggae (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ / ⓘ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. [1] A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.
Roots reggae was increasingly popular with the UK's black working-class youth from the 1970s onwards, its message of Rastafari and overcoming injustice striking a chord with those on the receiving end of racism and poverty. Jamaicans who had settled in the UK (and their children who had been born here) were instrumental in setting up a network ...
The success of the string-laden reggae led to Trojan Records issuing a series of similarly arranged albums produced by Ashfield starting with the 1,000 Volts of Holt in 1973, a compilation of Holt's reggae cover versions of popular hits (and later followed by similarly named releases up to the Lee-produced 3,000 Volts of Holt).
Greensleeves Records is a record label specializing in dancehall and reggae music. The company was founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick. Based in Britain, Greensleeves Records started as a small record store in West Ealing, London, in November 1975.
As Jamaican natives, they emigrated to London as teenagers. In 1962, Locksley Gichie, then age 13, [4] moved to the UK. [5]In 1967, Locksley Gichie met Franklyn Dunn in a bus shelter [6] [7] in the rain and subsequently invited Dunn to the youth club [8] in Tavistock Hall, [9] on Tavistock Road, built around 1906, as a Sunday school, for the Methodist Church, High Street, Harlesden, Brent ...
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Saxon Studio International is a reggae sound system from London, the first UK sound system to win an international competition. Saxon Studio International began operating in Lewisham, South London, in 1976. [1] The sound came to prominence in the early '80s because of the "fast chat" style which was pioneered by its deejay Peter King. [2]
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