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"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic.
The group recorded their version of the Bobby Bloom hit, "Montego Bay".It was produced by P. Bellotte and released on Ariola 7716. [16] John Wishart gave the song a very good review in the August 12 issue of Record Mirror with Wishart saying that "Montego Bay" was such a good song that it could withstand any treatment.
The band achieved a minor success in the United States with "Montego Bay" (a cover of the 1970 song by Bobby Bloom) in 1986; early the next year, it became a surprise hit in Canada, climbing to No. 6 on their singles chart. That year their eponymous full-length album was released on Island Records, [2] although it failed to chart highly. [3]
In 1983, The Allniters performed a ska-style cover of Bobby Bloom's hit "Montego Bay", which peaked at No. 19 on the Australian singles charts. [1] [3] They followed with an album D-D-D-Dance, which contained the slower and more mainstream "Love and Affection" single. Both album and single received wide airplay on radio stations around ...
The album made its debut at no. 130 on the Billboard Top LPs chart for the week ending November 28. [10] It peaked at no. 126. [11] [12] The album made its debut at no. 99 on the Cash Box Top 100 Albums chart for the week of December 5, 1970. [13] It reached its peak position of no. 95 on the week of December 19.
Reggae Sunsplash was a reggae music festival held annually in Jamaica from 1978 to 1996, with additional events in 1998 and 2006. The festival expanded to include international tours in 1985 and was revived as a virtual event in 2020 by Tryone Wilson, Debbie Bissoon and Randy.
Goombay Dance Band is a German band created in 1979 by Oliver Bendt, named after a small bay on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.Their music has a distinctive sound (somewhat similar to Boney M. [1]), which is a mixture of soca, calypso and western pop.
Montego Bay High School, ... "Montego Bay" (song), a 1970 song by Bobby Bloom; See also. Montego Bae", a 2018 hip hop song by Noname featuring Ravyn Lenae;