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b. Franklin Delano Alexander Braithwaite, 4 Apr 1949, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies, d. 2 June 1999, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies. In 1963, Braithwaite became a member of causes with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer as the 4th person in the Wailers, followed by two support performers Beverley Kelso …

Vocalist, songwriter, and maker Roy Cousins offers still left an indelible tag around the reggae picture. Given birth to in 1949 (by his personal reckoning, but 1945 relating to additional resources) in Cockburn Pencil, Jamaica, Cousins was just 13 when he created his 1st vocal group. The next year he …

b. Franklin Delano Alexander Braithwaite, 4 Apr 1949, Kingston, Jamaica, Western world Indies, d. 2 June 1999, Kingston, Jamaica, Western world Indies. In 1963, Braithwaite became a member of pushes with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer as the 4th person in the Wailers, followed by two support performers …

b. Melbourne Wayne, 1949, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies. Jah Stitch was among the pioneering DJs. Although famed like a DJ, he started his career performing inside a music backyard alongside Roy Shirley, Stranger Cole, the Wailers as well as the Heptones. Jah Stitch quickly became the best DJ with god, …

A guy with a note, Big Youth arrived over the music picture in the wake of U-Roy, Dennis Alcapone, and I-Roy, but quickly established his very own design, threatening to eclipse all of them. The consummate ethnic toaster, the DJ ruled the dancehalls over the ’70s, and even though his …

Within a genre traditionally dominated by male artists, Marcia Griffiths is arguably the best-known & most influential girl in the annals of reggae. Griffiths initial produced a name for herself once the music was still changing from its root base in ska and rocksteady, and she afterwards became an ally …

b. Lincoln Thompson, d. 14 January 1999, London, Britain. Vocalist, songwriter and arranger Lincoln Thompson’s profession began at Studio room One, where he produced three singles in the first 70s that didn’t make any influence, but set up his name using the dedicated pursuing for ‘root base’ music. He previously …

Given birth to in 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica, Pat Kelly was among the island’s leading purveyors from the rocksteady genre. The Curtis Mayfield sound-alike required Slim Smith’s place alongside Bruce Ruffin & Winston Riley within the Methods around 1966. The group documented some fine addresses of spirit music specifically Impressions …