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Born in Rocky Point, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, [1] Cocoa Tea was popular in Jamaica from 1985, but has become successful worldwide since the 1990s. One of his most famous songs is "Rikers Island", [1] which was later turned into a dancehall version by Nardo Ranks titled “Me No Like Rikers Island" (featured on the 1991 Columbia/SME Records compilation Dancehall Reggaespañol) which was ...
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru (Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful period in the 1980s, with their album Anthem winning the first ever Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in ...
Lady G is probably best known for her first hit, "Nuff Respect", [6] produced by Gussie Clarke in 1988. In the same year, Lady G recorded two popular songs in combination with Papa San: "Legal Rights" and "Round Table Talk". [7] In successive years in the late 1980s, Lady G caused a stir with her performances at the infamous Sting stageshow in ...
The Fabulous Five Inc. (also known as Fab 5) is a reggae and soca band formed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Over a 45-year career, they have released 26 albums, had many number 1 hits in Jamaica, and were the featured musicians on Johnny Nash's platinum album I Can See Clearly Now.
It was named 'Reggae Single of the Year' by Black Echoes, and placed sixth in the NME ' s end of year singles chart. [1] In 2022, Pitchfork named it the 188th best song of the 1970s, saying "Falsetto is frequently used in reggae, but not often is there a track as gently piercing. There's that perfect amount of echo, carrying Murvin's vocal ...
Horatious Adolphus "Pat" Kelly (6 August 1944 – 16 July 2019) [1] was a prolific, influential Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer and innovative, groundbreaking sound engineer working with King Tubby, Bunny Lee and Scientist (musician), whose career began in the mid-1960s. [2]
"Murder She Wrote" is a song by Jamaican reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, from their 1993 album Tease Me. It was first released as a single in 1992 and again in late 1993 by Mango and Taxi Records, reaching number 27 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1994, [3] and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending 17 weeks there.
[11] Another RM editor, James Hamilton described the 1992 version as "a sweet reggae styled jogger". [12] In 1994, he deemed it a "tremulously crooning Errol Reid's superb soulful sweet slinky reggae swayer". [13] Pete Stanton from Smash Hits gave "Searching" four out of five, writing, "The nicest song off the pile, this one. [...] This is a ...