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The Jamaicans Free Music

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The Jamaicans Free Music

The Jamaicans

Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 2021

Members: Tommy Cowan, Martin Williams (5), Jerry Brown (4), Norris Weir, Errol Kong

Jamaican Rocksteady vocal group formed in 1964 (the first time they took this name, it was at Kingston's Havana Club concert in 1964). they start with 5 members (with the name "The Mericoles") and end up as a classic trio (at the time).
They made their first recordings for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd in 1965 with The Skatalites on the Supreme Records label. They won a first contest in 1963 with "until the dance through (The Jamaicans - Chain Gang)" and another in 1966 with "Ma and Pa (The Jamaicans, The Lynn Taitt Orchestra - Cool Night / Ma And Pa)" and in 1967 they won the famous "Jamaican Festival Song" with "Ba Ba Boom (The Jamaicans, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Festival Song 1967 (Baba Boom) / Real Cool)" with "Tommy McCook & The Supersonics".
They disbanded in 1972.
Mostly known for the songs "Ba Ba Boom" (that won the Island's Festival Song Contest in 1967) and "Things You Say You Love" produced by Arthur "Duke" Reid for Treasure Isle.

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External Pages

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jamaicans