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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prince Buster</span> Jamaican musician (1938–2016)

Cecil Bustamente Campbell, known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be drawn upon later by reggae and ska artists.

Delroy George Wilson CD was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star, having first found success as a teenager. His youngest son, Karl "Konan" Wilson, has found success as part of British duo Krept and Konan.

Clancy Eccles was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Known mostly for his early reggae works, he brought a political dimension to this music. His house band was known as The Dynamites.

Derrick Morgan OD is a Jamaican musical artist who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires are a Jamaican ska, calypso and soca band. The band played a crucial pioneering role in bringing Caribbean music to the world. Byron Lee died on 4 November 2008, after suffering from cancer for a sustained period.

Derrick Clifton Harriott OD is a Jamaican singer and record producer. He was a member of the Jiving Juniors with Herman Sang before embarking on a solo career. He has produced recordings by Big Youth, Chariot Riders, The Chosen Few, Dennis Brown, The Ethiopians, Keith & Tex, The Kingstonians, Rudy Mills, Scotty, Sly & Revolutionaries, and Winston McAnuff.

The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "Guns of Navarone." They also played on records by Prince Buster and backed many other Jamaican artists who recorded during that period, including Bob Marley & The Wailers, on their first single "Simmer Down." They reformed in 1983 and have played together ever since.

Joseph Abraham Gordon, better known as Lord Tanamo, was a Jamaican-Canadian singer and songwriter best known for his mento and ska work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Holness</span> Jamaican politician (born 1972)

Andrew Michael Holness, is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011.

Felix Headley Bennett OD, also known as Deadly Headley, was a prolific Jamaican saxophonist who performed on hundreds, possibly thousands, of recordings since the 1950s.

Leroy May, better known as Red Dragon and initially as Redman, was a Jamaican deejay who was active starting in the early 1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Jamaican general election</span> Election in Jamaica

General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday, 3 September 2020 to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary term, the next elections were not expected until between 25 February and 10 June 2021. However, Prime Minister Andrew Holness called early elections to ensure a united response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On the advice of Holness, Governor General Patrick Allen dissolved Parliament on 13 August 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fayval Williams</span> Jamaican politician

Fayval Shirley Williams is a Jamaican politician who is the Minister of Education, Youth and Information and the Member of Parliament for the St Andrew Eastern constituency. Williams had previously been the minister in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology as well as the minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. She is the first female to be a minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, and also the first female minister of science, energy and technology. In June 2014, Fayval Williams was named as a member of the Jamaica Labour Party's Economic Advisory Council.

Shakira Martin was a Jamaican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2011 and represented Jamaica at Miss Universe 2011 in Brazil on September 12, 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juliet Holness</span> Jamaican politician

Juliet Holness is a Jamaican politician who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member for Saint Andrew East Rural. She is married to Andrew Holness, the Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Stanley Motta was an electronics store proprietor who established a record label in Kingston, Jamaica and opened the first privately owned recording studio in Jamaica in 1951, jump starting Jamaica's music industry.

Events in the year 2022 in Jamaica.

Events in the year 2023 in Jamaica.

Events in the year 2024 in Jamaica.

Events in the year 2015 in Jamaica.

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  2. ↑ "Five Things You Need to Know About Jamaica's Elections". Bloomberg.com. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ↑ "2 U.S. missionaries found dead in Jamaica, police say - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Weakens Slightly to a Category 4 Hurricane With Jamaica in Its Path". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Deadly Hurricane Matthew pounds the Caribbean - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  6. ↑ Young, Matias Grez,Henry (2016-08-14). "Rio 2016 Olympics: Day 9 as it happened". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Renowned Jamaican artist Barrington Watson dies". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  8. ↑ "Obituary of Mercedes Tharam Richards | Koch Funeral Home". kochfuneralhome.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  9. ↑ Meschino, Patricia (2016-03-01). "Winston 'Merritone' Blake, Jamaican Sound System Pioneer, Dead at 75". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  10. ↑ "Former SE St Elizabeth MP Derrick Rochester dies". Jamaica Observer . 2016-04-19. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  11. ↑ "Lord Tanamo dies in Canada - Entertainment". Jamaica Observer . Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  12. ↑ "Olympedia – Basil McKenzie". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  13. ↑ "Sam King: Notting Hill Carnival founder and first black Southwark mayor dies". BBC News. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  14. ↑ "Opposition leader pays tribute to Louis Marriott - News - JamaicaObserver.com". 2017-01-01. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  15. ↑ "Shakira was never a slave to her disease, says mother of former Miss Ja Universe". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  16. ↑ Sivanesan, Shanthi (2016-09-08). "Prince Buster dead: Ska and rocksteady pioneer dies at 78". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  17. ↑ "Nora Dean dead at 72 - Entertainment - JamaicaObserver.com". 2017-01-22. Archived from the original on 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  18. ↑ "Zmarł były bokser Alex Stewart". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-03-01.
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