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The band Big Youth was founded in 1949. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Trenchtown. Generally, music journalists would define Big Youth’s style within the genre/s of reggae, and other rock music.
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I‐roy
Roy Samuel Reid (28 June 1944 – 27 November 1999), better known as I-Roy, was a Jamaican DJ who had a very prolific career during the 1970s.... [wikipedia]
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U‐roy
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Johnny Clarke
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Dennis Alcapone
Dennis Alcapone (born Dennis Smith, 6 August 1947, in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a reggae DJ and producer.... [wikipedia]
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Dennis Brown
Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD (1 February 1957 – 1 July 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre ... [wikipedia]
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Prince Far I
Prince Far I (c. 1944 – 15 September 1983) was a Jamaican reggae deejay, producer and a Rastafarian. He was known for his gruff voice and critical assessment of the Jamaican government. His track "Heavy Manners" used lyrics against measures initiated towards ... [wikipedia]
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Linval Thompson
Leval Alphonso Thompson (born 12 October 1954, Kingston, Jamaica), known as Linval Thompson, is a Jamaican reggae and dub musician and record producer.... [wikipedia]
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Junior Byles
Kerrie Byles (born 17 July 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica), also known as "Junior Byles", "Chubby", or "King Chubby", is a Jamaican reggae singer.... [wikipedia]
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The Mighty Diamonds
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Delroy Wilson
Delroy George Wilson CD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995)... [wikipedia]
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Horace Andy
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The Heptones
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Culture
Culture are a Jamaican roots reggae group founded in 1976. Originally they were known as the African Disciples. The one constant member until his death in 2006 was Joseph Hill.... [wikipedia]
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Cornell Campbell
Cornel Campbell aka Don Cornel or Don Gorgon (born 23 November 1945 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae singer, best known for his trademark falsetto voice, and his recordings at Studio One in the late 1960s and his later work with Bunny Lee in the 1970s.... [wikipedia]
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Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010) was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in The New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".... [wikipedia]
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The Upsetters
The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxsone Dodd.... [wikipedia]
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What Genre is Big Youth?
Big Youth genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for Big Youth. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of reggae, and other rock music.