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Legend is a compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers.It was released on 7 May 1984 by Island Records. [2] It is a greatest hits collection of singles in its original vinyl format and is the best-selling reggae album of all-time, with more than 18 million copies sold in the US, more than 3.3 million in the UK (where it is the 17th best-selling album [3]) and an estimated 25 million ...
1986 award recipient Jimmy Cliff in 1997 Five-time award winner Stephen Marley (three times as a member of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers) in 2007 Six-time award winner Ziggy Marley (three times as the leader of his eponymous band), performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2007 Three-time award winner Bunny Wailer, performing in 2009 1996 award winner Shaggy ...
Pickwick Records had used the Startrax name as a sub-label since 1976 for budget compilation albums. [1] In 1981, with a craze for medley recordings making the British singles chart, Pickwick used the Startrax name for session musicians recording medleys for release on the label; as Pickwick had no track history of releasing singles, the sub-label Picksy was created, and a logo similar to that ...
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.
Reviewing L.A. Reggae in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said, "there are modernization moves, of course—two get-out-the-vote songs (just what George needs) plus the mysterious reggae conceit plus a heartfelt if belated antiwar song—but basically this is just Johnny nasalizing on some fine old ...
The greatest hits album Legend was released in 1984 and became the best-selling reggae album of all time. [17] Marley also ranks as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of more than 75 million records worldwide. [18]
On May 22, 2020, Fortunate Youth released a live album titled, Live From California, a 20-song live performance set featuring the band's greatest hits. In January 2021, Fortunate Youth was one of several reggae and punk bands on The House That Bradley Built , a charity compilation honoring Sublime 's lead singer Bradley Nowell , helping ...
The Reggae Christmas Hits Album (1986), Trojan; From One Extreme to Another (1986), Beta; Time Is the Master (1988), Creole; Sweetie Come Brush Me – Greatest Hits (1988), ROHIT; Rock with Me Baby (1988), Trojan; If I Were a Carpenter (1989) Why I Care (1989), Greensleeves; Reggae, Hip House, R&B Flavor (1993) Reggae Peacemaker (1993), House ...