Jamaican
ska vocal group
The Maytals became a
reggae band in 1971, renamed Toots and The Maytals with
Toots Hibbert (Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert) as front figure. The band won a 2005 Grammy award for the album
True Love.
Funky Kingston in early 70s is on Rolling Stone's list The Greatest Albums of All Time. The bass line in "
54-46" is one of the most covered in pop music. Songs such as "
Monkey Man", "
Pressure Drop", "
Bam Bam", among others, made them favorites for the early skinhead movement of white working-class youth in UK.
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