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Symarip

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Symarip (also known at various stages of their career as The Bees, The Pyramids, Seven Letters and Zubaba) were a ska and reggae band from the United Kingdom, originating in the late 1960s, when Frank Pitter and Michael Thomas founded the band as The Bees. [1]

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Afro-rock

Afro rock is a style of rock music pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by such groups as Aiye-Keta - Third World, a 3 Piece band with Remi Kabaka, Abdul Lasisi Amao and Steve Winwood, Monomono, Osibisa, BLO - Berkley Jones, Laolu Akins, Mike Odumosu and Alhaji K. Frimpong.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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Ariola Records

Ariola Records (also known as Ariola, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Derrick Morgan

Derrick Morgan (born 27 March 1940)Walters, Basil (2012) "", Jamaica Observer, 3 June 2012, retrieved 3 June 2012 is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Greatest hits album

A greatest hits album, sometimes called a "best of" album or a catalog album, is a compilation of songs by a particular artist or band.

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Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.

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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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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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Moon Hop

"Moon Hop" is a 1969 single by Derrick Morgan.

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Moon Ska Records

Moon Ska Records was one of the most influential ska record labels of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name.

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Reggae

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

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Ska

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

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Skinhead

The skinhead subculture originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working class skinhead movement emerging worldwide in the 1980s.

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Stevie B

Stevie B (born Steven Bernard Hill, April 19, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, who was influential in the freestyle and Hi-NRG dance music scene of the late 1980s, mostly in Miami.

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Tenor saxophone

The Tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s.

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The Pioneers (band)

The Pioneers are a Jamaican reggae vocal trio, whose main period of success was in the 1960s.

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Trojan Records

Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968.

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Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Two-tone (music genre)

Two-tone (or 2 tone) is a genre of British music that fuses traditional ska with musical elements of punk rock.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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The Pyramids (reggae band).

References

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

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