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The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles.
Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer.
Joe Gibbs born Joel Arthur Gibson was a Jamaican reggae producer.
Michael Chung also known as Mao Chung, was a Jamaican musician who played keyboards, guitar and percussion instruments. He was also an arranger and record producer of Jamaican music, and worked with a wide array of musicians, notably Lee Perry and Sly and Robbie.
Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare is a Canadian-Jamaican jazz singer, musician and beauty queen. Breakspeare was crowned Miss World 1976. Breakspeare is the mother of reggae musician Damian Marley, through her relationship with Bob Marley, who remained married to Rita Marley until his death. Marley is said to have written the songs "Turn Your Lights Down Low" and "Waiting in Vain" about her.
Henry James, better known as Peter Broggs, was a Jamaican roots reggae vocalist and songwriter.
Kenneth Neville Anthony Garrick was a Jamaican graphic artist and photographer who was based in Los Angeles. He was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is best known as Bob Marley's art director and is responsible for many of the iconic designs associated with the reggae movement in the 1970s and 1980s.
Pushim, born Paku Pushin, is a Zainichi Korean reggae artist. She is signed to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records division.
Donald Kinsey was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a member of the Word Sound and Power Band, the reggae backing group for Peter Tosh.
Barrington John Reckord, known as Barry Reckord, was a Jamaican playwright, one of the earliest Caribbean writers to make a contribution to theatre in Britain. His brother was the actor and director Lloyd Reckord, with whom he sometimes worked.
Lloyd Reckord was a Jamaican actor, film maker, and stage director who lived in England for some years. Reckord appeared in 1958 in a West End production of Hot Summer Night, which as an ITV adaptation broadcast on 1 February 1959 contained the earliest known example of an interracial kiss on television. His brother was the dramatist Barry Reckord.
Daundre Barnaby was a Canadian track runner who specialised in the 400m. Born in Jamaica, he competed for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and ran for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing 6th in his heat in the 400m. He also competed for Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, reaching the semifinals.
Better Tomorrow is a studio album by a Jamaican reggae female singer, Etana, released on February 18, 2013, under VP Records. "Etana" will return in 2013 with a scorching new reggae set of 14 new songs about life, love and reggae. "Better Tomorrow" is fully rooted in the one drop reggae style that made Etana’s name. The album is produced by Shane Brown of Jukeboxx Productions and showcases the talents of some of Jamaica’s top studio musicians and legendary engineer Errol Brown.
Winston Hubert McIntosh, OM, professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion.
Jay Douglas is a Canadian musician, based in Toronto. He is a long-time member of the Toronto music scene.
Events in the year 2020 in Jamaica.
Events in the year 2022 in Jamaica.
Events in the year 2024 in Jamaica.
Events in the year 2016 in Jamaica.
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