Text by Harry Hawks

Sugar Minott's honesty shone through in everything that he ever did and his untimely death has sent shock waves throughout the reggae world.

Date Added: May 01, 2020

Text by Harry Hawks

Alton Ellis was, beyond any doubt, Jamaica's most soulful singer ever and his influence on the development of Jamaican music through his matchless singing and song-writing is profound.

Date Added: Apr 17, 2020

Text by Harry Hawks

The 'Crown Prince Of Reggae', Dennis Emanuel Brown, was Jamaican music's most consistently popular performer. Many artists achieve fame and adulation after their death but Dennis Brown earned an unparalleled amount of love and devotion during his life time.

Date Added: Apr 03, 2020

Text by Harry Hawks

"Leonard Dillon, who was in effect The Ethiopians, remains one of the unsung heroes of Jamaican music..." Steve Barrow & Peter Dalton

Date Added: Mar 27, 2020

Text by Jeremy Collingwood

Currently, rightly, seen as a key figure in the development of the form & structure of music, yet alone reggae. In a glorious decade from 1969 to 1979 he produced hundred's of singles, ten's of albums and was right there at the genesis of Dub, Sampling and Remixing. He stands with a alongside the likes of Phil Spector or Atlantic & Stax.

Date Added: Mar 13, 2020

Text by Harry Hawks

Sonia Pottinger was Jamaica's first and foremost female record producer; her husband, Lyndon O. Pottinger, was one of the unacknowledged founding fathers of Jamaican music.

Date Added: Nov 15, 2017

Text by Harry Hawks

"The music is a river of conviction, flowing past sadness, pain, oppression and rejection into the hope of the glorious kingdom of Jah Jah." Jean Fairweather

Date Updated: May 17, 2016

Text by Harry Hawks

"Yet I want nothing out of it. A man can get fi him credit. I get my credit from the work I do." Winston Riley

Date Added: Apr 15, 2016

Text by Harry Hawks

Well charged, disco mixed and hit bound... "no other Jamaican studio was to have quite the same impact in 1975 to 1976 or exert as much influence on the direction of the music." Steve Barrow & Peter Dalton

Date Updated: Sep 25, 2014

Text by Harry Hawks

One of Jamaica's most inventive and radical record producers 'The Observer' Holness has always been a name to watch out for...

Date Updated: Jul 14, 2014

Classical Rock Steady rhythm recorded at Studio One, the original cut was performed by Heptones in 1967.

Date Added: Apr 15, 2016

Date Updated: Jan 27, 2012

Text by Dub Store Sound Inc.

A massive combination hit song by Shabba Ranks and Krystal. Another prominent rhythm / song of the 80's dancehall produced by Augustus Gussie Clarke.

Date Updated: Sep 05, 2011

Text by Dub Store Sound Inc.

Another Rock Steady masterpiece recorded at Studio One. Performed by a vocal trio named Heptones.

Date Updated: Aug 25, 2015

A major international hit song / rhythm produced by Dave Kelly on his Mad House label.

Date Updated: Jun 21, 2011