• "Johnny Reggae" is a 1971 novelty song credited to The Piglets. The single cover states that it was "conceived, created, produced and directed by Jonathan...
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    that he performed and/or produced under different names, including "Johnny Reggae", "Loop di Love", "Sugar, Sugar", "Hooked on a Feeling", "Una Paloma...
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  • of his songs. Their lead singer on Johnny Reggae was Barbara Kay. The Piglets are best remembered for "Johnny Reggae" (1971), released on Bell Records...
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    Reggae (/ˈrɛɡeɪ/) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora...
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    helped reggae artists such as The Pioneers trying to force a breakthrough on the British market. He also arranged the Piglets' hit "Johnny Reggae", and...
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    Johnny Clarke (born 12 January 1955) is a Jamaican reggae musician, best known for his recordings with producer Bunny Lee in the 1970s. Clarke grew up...
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    Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston. Nash was born...
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  • also recorded as part of Jonathan King's group the Piglets: 7" single "Johnny Reggae" / backing track – Bell Records (1971) "Adrienne Posta". Internet Movie...
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  • Clash". The heyday of roots reggae is usually considered the latter half of the 1970s – with artists such as The Abyssinians, Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell...
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    George needs) plus the mysterious reggae conceit plus a heartfelt if belated antiwar song—but basically this is just Johnny nasalizing on some fine old memories...
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    (with eccentric vocal effects and eclectic music selections; especially reggae, prank phone calls, and guest interviews) called Live to Tape (previously...
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    Stick Figure (category American reggae musical groups)
    embarked on a U.S. tour with the Southern California reggae band Fortunate Youth. John Gray (a.k.a. Johnny Cosmic), a multi-instrumentalist, made his debut...
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    Johnny Osbourne (born Errol Osbourne, 1948) is one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time, who rose to success in the late...
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  • "Roots, Rock, Reggae" Donald Kinsey – guitar overdubs on "Johnny Was" and "Roots, Rock, Reggae" Neville Garrick – art direction Source: The Jamaica Observer...
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  • backing band for the album was the Jamaican reggae group Fabulous Five Inc. All tracks composed and arranged by Johnny Nash; except where indicated "Stir It...
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    Jimmy Cliff (category Jamaican reggae singers)
    Want", "The Harder They Come", "Reggae Night", and "Hakuna Matata", and his covers of Cat Stevens's "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now"...
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  • I Can See Clearly Now (category Johnny Nash songs)
    heavily laced with reggae influences, as Nash had earlier collaborated with Bob Marley and his approach drew strongly from Marley's reggae style. After making...
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  • This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have either been critical to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such...
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  • AllMusic, Ed Hogan said: "'Boogie on Reggae Woman' was light and bouncy, strutting along on a funky, percolating pulse. Johnny Nash's 1972 number one pop gold...
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    Bob Marley (redirect from King of Reggae)
    songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska and rocksteady and was renowned for his distinctive...
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  • themselves trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house, sandwiched between a friendly Rastafarian reggae pirate radio station upstairs and...
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  • Rumble in the Jungle. Ali gained victory in the eighth round. Wakelin used a reggae style at a time when West Indian music was growing in popularity. The new...
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  • Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn., Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4, p. 186 Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento...
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    World on June 7, 2019. It was produced by musician/reggae music producer John Grey (a.k.a. "Johnny Cosmic"). It features artists Stick Figure, Iya Terra...
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  • This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960–1975 is a reggae retrospective anthology issued as a 4-CD box set in 2004 by Trojan Records. The anthology, which...
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  • Anne Murray "Jack in the Box" – Clodagh Rodgers "Jeepster" – T. Rex "Johnny Reggae" – The Piglets "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night (#1 US) "Just My...
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  • The Slickers (redirect from Johnny Too Bad)
    The Slickers were a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae group in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Slickers centred on Derrick Crooks, one of the founding...
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    Bunny Wailer (category Jamaican reggae singers)
    Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy...
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    1 "Keep On Dancing" 9 — Slade 1 "Coz I Luv You" 1 — The Piglets 1 "Johnny Reggae" 3 — Springwater 1 "I Will Return" 5 — Benny Hill 1 "Ernie (The Fastest...
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    Rita Marley (category Jamaican reggae musicians)
    entrepreneur. She is the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley. Along with Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt, Rita was a member of the reggae vocal group the I Threes...
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