Reggae music began in Jamaica in the late 1960s and has since spread throughout the world. Reggae has roots in jazz and rhythm and blues music and has had a significant impact on the formation of several modern genres such as dub, hip hop, and drum and bass.
Who are the Top 7 of the best reggae artists of all time
Below are seven of the greatest reggae artists of all time, each of them contributed to the genre’s definition and popularity around the world:
1. Bob Marley
No list of reggae artists would be complete unless Bob Marley was at the top. Beginning in 1963, Bob Marley rose to prominence with his supporting band, The Wailers. Bob Marley’s songs sounded serene, but they were frequently political, with popular themes such as love, redemption, and struggle.
Bob Marley’s immortal singles include “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Redemption Song,” and “No Woman, No Cry.” Perhaps the most iconic Bob Marley album is ‘Exodus’, released amid the dawn of punk in 1977; the album contains some of his best singles including ‘Three Little Birds’, and ‘One Love’.
Bob Marley and the Wailers also performed one of the most renowned reggae concerts in history, the One Love Peace Concert, in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1978, with the objective of putting an end to the conflict between Kingston’s competing gangs. At the height of reggae’s popularity, the performance featured some of the genre’s biggest names, including Culture and Dennis Brown.
2. Desmond Dekker
One of the earliest reggae hitmakers was Desmond Dekker, who sang in his original Jamaican dialect on a number of reggae classics such as ‘Israelites’ and ‘It Miek’. With his songs about Jamaican people’s daily problems, Dekker introduced the UK to Jamaican nasty boy culture and opened the path for the likes of Bob Marley.
Dekker’s most famous tunes were recorded with Leslie Kong, who produced his music beginning in 1963. They collaborated on several of his major albums, including ‘007 Shanty Town’ and ‘Action!,’ which opened the way for reggae music both in the UK and overseas.
3. Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals, who formed in 1962, deserve special recognition because their 1968 single ‘Do they Reggay’ was the first popular song to utilize the word’reggae,’ and most likely gave the genre its name.
Throughout their tenure, Toots and the Maytals received multiple Grammy nominations and were dubbed “The Beatles to the Wailers’ Rolling Stones.” The smash song ‘Louie Louie’ from their landmark album ‘Funky Kingston’ was one of the group’s biggest chart triumphs.
4. Sizzla
Sizzla, who was born in Kingston in 1976, has brought reggae into the twenty-first century. To date, he has recorded 56 albums, the most notable of which are 1997’s ‘Praise Ye Jah’ and 2013’s ‘The Messiah,’ which earned Sizzla his first Grammy nomination. ‘Thank You Mamma’ and ‘I’m Living’ are two of his most popular songs. No other modern musician has been able to recapture the appeal of reggae in the 1970s and 1980s like Sizzla.
5. Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh was one of Bob Marley’s original Wailers bandmates, but he went on to have a successful solo career after his time with the Wailers. As a devout Rastafarian with deep ties to Jamaica, Peter Tosh embodied reggae culture. One of his biggest hits was the song ‘Legalise It,’ which was about marijuana legalization. Unfortunately, Peter Tosh was murdered in 1987 during an armed robbery.
6. Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse was founded in 1975 in Birmingham. They are a roots reggae band whose songs frequently address issues of social injustice and racism. Steel Pulse were frequently barred from performing live in the UK due to their controversial Rastafarian beliefs, despite rising to international recognition and becoming the first reggae band to ever appear on The Tonight Show in the United States. With their groundbreaking album ‘Babylon the Bandit’ in 1987, they also became the first non-Jamaican band to win a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album.
7. Burning Spear
Burning Spear, real name Winston Rodney, is without a doubt one of the most influential reggae artists of all time. He is still recording and giggling after more than 40 years. The first major album by Burning Spear was 1975’s ‘Marcus Garvey,’ which praised the ideals of the revolutionary of the same name and became known as the beginning of dread roots reggae. The album includes the title track as well as another underground classic, ‘Slavery Days,’ two of Burning Spear’s most popular anthems of all time that continue to receive radio playing.
Source: thpttranhungdao.edu.vn/en/
Categories: News
Source: thpttranhungdao.edu.vn/en/
