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Big Youth

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Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica),Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s. [1]

55 relations: A Luta Continua, Blood and Fire (record label), Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Caroline Records, Clint Eastwood (musician), Deejay (Jamaican), Dreadlocks Dread, Glen Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Gussie Clarke, Heartbeat Records, Hit record, Hit the Road Jack (album), Honda, Horace Andy, Isaiah First Prophet of Old, Jack Ruby (record producer), Joe Gibbs, Keith Hudson, Kingston, Jamaica, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Leroy Smart, Lloyd Parks, Motorcycle, Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979, Nicola Delita, Niney the Observer, Phil Pratt, Prince Buster, Progress (Big Youth album), Rastafari, Record chart, Reggae, Reggae Gi Dem Dub, Reggae Sunsplash, Riddim, Rockers (1978 film), Screaming Target, Single (music), Slackness, Soul Syndicate, Sound recording and reproduction, Sound system (Jamaican), Steven Stanley, The Abyssinians, The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style, Trenchtown, Trinity (musician), Trojan Records, ..., Tuff Gong, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, U-Roy, Virgin Records, Yabby You. Expand index (5 more) »

A Luta Continua

A Luta Continua (Portuguese for The Struggle Continues) is a studio album by Big Youth that was released in 1986.

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Blood and Fire (record label)

Blood and Fire is a British reggae record label specialising in reissues of 1970s roots reggae.

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon, blending mostly reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his compositions.

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Bunny Wailer

Bunny Wailer (Neville O'Riley Livingston O.M., born 10 April 1947, also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately Jah B), is a Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.

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Caroline Records

Caroline Records is an American record label that started as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records America during the early to mid-1970s.

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Clint Eastwood (musician)

Clint Eastwood (born Robert Brammer) is a Jamaican reggae deejay, who recorded as a solo artist in the late 1970s and early 1980s before teaming up with UK deejay General Saint as the duo Clint Eastwood & General Saint.

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Deejay (Jamaican)

In Jamaican music, a deejay (DJ) is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and "toasts" to an instrumental riddim.

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Dreadlocks Dread

Dread Locks Dread (1975) is the third album by the Jamaican deejay Big Youth.

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Glen Brown

Glenmore Lloyd "Glen" Brown (born c.1944)Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2013) "", Jamaica Observer, 15 July 2013.

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Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127.

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Gussie Clarke

Augustus "Gussie" Clarke (born 1953) is a reggae producer who worked with some of the top Jamaican reggae artists in the 1970s and later set up his own Music Works studio.

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Heartbeat Records

Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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Hit record

A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings.

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Hit the Road Jack (album)

Hit the Road Jack is a 1976 album by the reggae artist Manley Buchanan from Kingston, Jamaica, better known as Big Youth.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Horace Andy

Horace Andy (born Horace Hinds, 19 February 1951)Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, is a Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as "Government Land", as well as "Angel" and "Five Man Army" with English trip hop duo Massive Attack.

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Isaiah First Prophet of Old

Isaiah First Prophet of Old is a Big Youth album released in 1978.

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Jack Ruby (record producer)

Lawrence Lindo (died April 1989), better known as Jack Ruby, was a Jamaican record producer and sound system operator, best known for his 1970s productions of artists such as Burning Spear.

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Joe Gibbs

Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a former American football coach, current NASCAR Championship team owner, and former NHRA team owner.

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Keith Hudson

Keith Hudson aka the "Dark Prince of Reggae" (1946 – 14 November 1984),Thompson, p.311 was a Jamaican reggae artist and record producer.

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Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.

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Lee "Scratch" Perry

Lee "Scratch" Perry OD (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936) is a Jamaican music producer and inventor noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style.

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Leroy Smart

Leroy Smart (born 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae singer and producer.

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Lloyd Parks

Lloyd Parks (born 26 May 1948) is a Jamaican reggae vocalist and bass player who has recorded and performed as a solo artist as well as part of Skin, Flesh & Bones, The Revolutionaries, The Professionals, and We the People Band.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979

Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979 is a 3-CD-Box-set by Big Youth, released in 2001.

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Nicola Delita

Nicola Delita was an independent record label specializing in Jamaican music.

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Niney the Observer

Winston Holness, better known as Niney the Observer (born George Boswell, 1951, Montego BayThompson, Dave (2002), Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books,.), is a Jamaican record producer and singer who was a key figure in the creation of many classic reggae recordings dating from the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Phil Pratt

Phil Pratt, born George Phillips (born 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica)Thompson, Dave (2002), Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books,, p. 316.

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Prince Buster

Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer.

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Progress (Big Youth album)

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Rastafari

Rastafari, sometimes termed Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Reggae Gi Dem Dub

Reggae gi dem Dub is a studio album by Jamaican reggae artist Big Youth.

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Reggae Sunsplash

Reggae Sunsplash is a reggae music festival first staged in 1978 in the northern part of Jamaica.

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Riddim

Riddim is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word "rhythm".

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Rockers (1978 film)

Rockers is a 1978 Jamaican film by Theodoros Bafaloukos.

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Screaming Target

Screaming Target is the debut album by Jamaican deejay Big Youth.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Slackness

Slackness refers to vulgarity in West Indian culture, behavior and the music.

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Soul Syndicate

Soul Syndicate, originally called the Rhythm Raiders, were one of the top reggae session bands in Jamaica from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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Sound system (Jamaican)

In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music.

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Steven Stanley

Steven J. C. Stanley (born July 11, 1958), is a Jamaican audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist who has worked in the reggae, dub and rock music genres since 1975, most notably with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and Black Uhuru.

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The Abyssinians

The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics.

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The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style

The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style is a 1983 compilation of singles tracks released by Big Youth on his Negusa Nagast label dating back as far as 1973 ("Street In Africa").

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Trenchtown

Trench Town (also Trenchtown) is a neighborhood located in the parish of St. Andrew which shares municipality with Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica.

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Trinity (musician)

Trinity Junior Brammer (b. Wade Brammer, 1954, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae deejay and producer, whose career began in the mid-1970s and continued into the 1990s.

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Trojan Records

Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968.

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Tuff Gong

Tuff Gong is the brand name associated with a number of businesses started by Bob Marley and the Marley family.

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Twilight Circus Dub Sound System

Twilight Circus is the dub and reggae project of multi-instrumentalist Ryan Moore, former bassist and drummer of the Legendary Pink Dots.

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U-Roy

Ewart Beckford OD (born 21 September 1942), known by the stage name U-Roy, is a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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Yabby You

Vivian Jackson (14 August 1946 – 12 January 2010), better known as Yabby You (or sometimes Yabby U), was a reggae vocalist and producer, who came to prominence in the early 1970s through his uncompromising, self-produced work.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Youth

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