• Reggae Sunsplash was a reggae music festival held annually in Jamaica from 1978 to 1996, with additional events in 1998 and 2006. The festival expanded...
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    Rototom Sunsplash is a large European reggae festival founded in 1994 in Gaio di Spilimbergo (Pordenone, Italy), and since 2010 held in Benicàssim, a few...
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  • Jamaican reggae band formed in 1980 in Gibraltar Hill, St. Mary. Chalice is probably best known for their performances at the Reggae Sunsplash music festival...
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    Third World (band) (category Jamaican reggae musical groups)
    Jamaica in 1976, and the single prompted him to perform with them at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1981 in the wake of Bob Marley's death, playing his tribute...
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    Sunsplash Festival. Thaikkudam Bridge, a neo-Indian band based in Kerala, India, is known for introducing reggae into Indian regional blues. Reggae in...
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    Mighty Diamonds (category Jamaican reggae musical groups)
    references, and released as "Pass the Dutchie" (1982). Their performance at Reggae Sunsplash in 1982 was released on an album later that year, paired with the performance...
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    Eek-A-Mouse (category Jamaican reggae musicians)
    performer at Reggae Sunsplash, often teaming up with reggae duo Michigan & Smiley. An album of their 1982 performance was released by Sunsplash Records. He...
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    Black Uhuru (category Jamaican reggae musical groups)
    and the band cemented their status with a performance at the 1980 Reggae Sunsplash festival. They planned to record an album with Dennis Brown producing...
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  • Billboard Hot 100. Griffiths promoted the album by touring with the Reggae Sunsplash festival. "Electric Boogie" is credited with popularizing the Electric...
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  • Garnett Silk (category Jamaican reggae musicians)
    headlining that year's Reggae Sumfest and Reggae Sunsplash festivals. His set at the latter event was captured for the Live at Reggae Sunsplash 1994 album, released...
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    Ziggy Marley (category Jamaican reggae singers)
    the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, and the following year at Reggae Sunsplash II in Montego Bay. In 1979, Ziggy and his siblings Sharon, Cedella...
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    Lucky Dube (category Roots Reggae Library)
    Sinéad O'Connor, Peter Gabriel, and Sting. He appeared at the 1991 Reggae Sunsplash (uniquely that year, he was invited back onstage for a 25-minute-long...
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  • remains unreleased. In June 1983, The Skatalites reformed and played the Reggae Sunsplash festival in Montego Bay in July, after festival director Ronnie Burke...
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    Supermax (band) (category Austrian reggae musical groups)
    Supermax was invited to play as special guest from Europe at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica. 1976: Don't Stop the Music 1977:...
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  • Willi One Blood (category American reggae musicians)
    started his career in Kingston, Jamaica in 1988 where he performed on Reggae Sunsplash in Montego Bay. He went on to record several singles in Jamaica and...
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  • Jamaica. He became known internationally after his performance at Reggae Sunsplash in 1981, the first of several performances at the festival. His 1983...
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  • than a million copies. The band supported the album by headlining Reggae Sunsplash in 1994 and 1995. The songs were written by frontman Quino; many of...
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    and Reggae Festival, Davao Manila Reggae Summit, Manila Puerto Galera Reggae Festival, Puerto Galera SunSplash Pilipinas!, Manila Rock meets Reggae, Colombo...
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    award in 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reggae Sumfest. Reggae Sunsplash List of reggae festivals Johnson, Richard (2014) "All Set for Sumfest"...
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  • included Worl-A-Girl among its supporting acts. He also participated in Reggae Sunsplash 1993, his third time and his first as the headliner. The album peaked...
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    Big Youth (category Jamaican reggae musicians)
    his forays into the studio became less frequent. His appearance at Reggae Sunsplash in 1982 (he would appear another four times between 1983 and 1996)...
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    Electric – Diana Ross 1983 – Baby Sister – June Pointer 1983 – Best of Reggae Sunsplash, Vol. 2 – VVAA 1983 – Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls – Sister Sledge...
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  • Blue Riddim Band (category American reggae musical groups)
    Band was a Kansas City, Missouri-based reggae band and the first US-based group to play at Jamaica's Reggae Sunsplash festival, which they did in August 1982...
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    Beenie Man (category Jamaican reggae singers)
    early 1990s. His career gained momentum after a performance at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1992, and a rivalry with Bounty Killer began the following...
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  • Reggae Sunsplash. The album peaked at number 2 on the World Albums chart in the United States, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording...
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    Yellowman (category Jamaican reggae singers)
    the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He first became popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, rising...
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    Stephen Marley (category Jamaican reggae musicians)
    Wailers at the 1978 One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, 1979 Reggae Sunsplash in Montego Bay and at Zimbabwe's independence celebrations in Salisbury...
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    O'Brien (born October 30, 1969), known by his stage name Snow, is a Canadian reggae musician, rapper, and singer. His 1992 single "Informer" spent seven weeks...
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  • Crazy". In 1984 he became one of the first soca artists to perform at Reggae Sunsplash. He won Road March in 1985 with "Suck Meh Soucouyant", and finished...
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  • Queen of the World titles in 1992 where she also performed at the 1992 Reggae Sunsplash festival.[citation needed] Later, she formed the group United Sisters...
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