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The History of Reggae Music
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The History of Reggae Music
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the UK punk rock scene flourished, and reggae was a notable influence. The DJ Don Letts would play reggae and punk tracks at clubs such as The Roxy. Punk bands such as The Clash, The Ruts, The Members and The Slits played many reggae-influenced songs. Around the same time, reggae music took a new path in the UK; one that was created by the multiracial makeup of England's inner cities and exemplified by groups like Steel Pulse, Aswad and UB40, as well as artists such as Smiley Culture and Carroll Thompson. The Jamaican ghetto themes in the lyrics were replaced with UK inner city themes, and Jamaican patois
Into the 2000s, Reggae continued to reach the top of the mainstream charts through artists like Wayne Wonder and Gyptian, whilst R’n’B stars Rihanna and Alicia Keys had early reggae-influenced successes, including ‘Pon De Replay’ (2005) and ‘Ghetto Story Chp 2’ (2006). The children of Reggae legend Bob Marley also had musical success, including Damien Marley’s Grammy award-winning album ‘Welcome to Jamrock’ (2005)
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento and calypso music, as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady.
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Reggae continued its global rise through the 90's. British artist Maxi Priest had a Us no 1 with 'Close to you' whilst his cousin Jacob Miller had a global hit with 'A la la la la song'. American/Jamaican artist Shaggy went global with ' Oh Carolina' (1993) and 'Mr Bombastic' (1995).1994 was a major year for the Reggae industry with many chart-topping hits.
Reggae influence bubbled to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in late 1972. First Three Dog Night hit #1 in September with a cover of the Maytones' version of "Black and White". Then Johnny Nash was at #1 for four weeks in November with "I Can See Clearly Now".
In 1973, the film The Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff was released and introduced Jamaican music to cinema audiences outside of Jamaica..