The Maytals formed in the 1960’s and updated their name to Toots
and the Maytals for their debut album ’Sweet And Dandy’ in 1969.
One of the best known ska and rocksteady groups, they also are known
for the first use of the word ‘reggae’ in a song on their 1968
single ‘Do The Reggay’. Frederick ‘Toots' Hibbert was
considered a reggae pioneer who was named by Rolling Stone magazine as
one of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Known for classic reggae
songs such as ’54-46 Was My Number’, ‘Monkey Man’, ‘Pressure
Drop’, ‘Funky Kingston’, ‘Broadway Jungle’, ‘Bam Bam’,
’Time Tough’ and 'Reggae Got Soul’, Toots and the Maytals are
now fronted by Toots’ daughter Leba Hibbert, who has released her
own recordings and worked with Sly & Robbie, Jimmy Cliff and more.
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