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The Pioneers were formed in 1962 by brothers Sydney and Derrick Crooks, and their friend Winston Hewitt. [1] Their early recordings "Good Nanny" and "I'll Never Come Running Back to You" were self-produced at the Treasure Isle studio in Kingston, Jamaica, using money lent to the Crooks brothers by their mother and appeared on Ken Lack's Caltone label.
Winston Foster OD, [1] [2] (1956 [3] or 15 January 1959 [4]) better known by the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay.He first became popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, rising to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.
A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and helped establish some of the fundamentals of reggae music. [3] [4] Hibbert's 1968 song "Do the Reggay" is widely credited as the genesis of the genre name reggae. [5] His band's album True Love won a Grammy Award in 2005. [4]
James Chambers, OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit , the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the arts and ...
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]
They returned in 2011 as the closing act for one of Jamaica's best known festivals – Reggae Sumfest. Chalice released Let It Play (Tad's Records), in October 2010, Let It Play is the group's first studio album in over 10 years. Original Lead singer and guitarist Trevor Roper died after battling cancer in Chicago in 2013. [1]
McKay, born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, [3] is regarded as one of the most soulful singers to come out of Jamaica. [4] McKay first recorded for producer Prince Buster in 1967, his first hit coming the same year with "Love Is A Treasure", recorded for Duke Reid's Treasure Isle set-up. [5]
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.