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Knock On Wood by Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert
Artist Biography For Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert Born Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert In May Pen Parish Of Clarendon Jamaica On 10 December 1945 Died 11 September 2020 Was A Grammy Award Winning Jamaican Singer And Songwriter Remembered As The Leader For The Reggae And Ska Band Toots And The Maytals. His 1968 Song "Do The Reggay" Is Widely Credited As The Genesis Of The Name For Reggae Music. As The Youngest Of Seven Children Hibbert Grew Up Singing Gospel Music In A Church Choir But Went To Kingston When He Was A Teenager In The Early 1960s. In Kingston He Met Raleigh Gordon And Jerry Matthias And They Formed The Maytals. The Maytals Became One Of The Most Popular Vocal Groups In Jamaica In The 1960s Recording With Producers Coxsone Dodd Prince Buster Byron Lee And Leslie Kong. This Success Included Winning Jamaica's National Popular Song Contest Three Times With Songs Hibbert Wrote In 1966 With "Bam Bam" 1969 With "Sweet And Dandy" And 1972 With "Pomps & Pride". Hibbert Was One Of The First Artists To Use The Word Reggae In 1968's "Do The Reggay" An Early Reggae Song. He Also Appeared In The Groundbreaking Jamaican Film The Harder They Come. Toots Still Tours The World Today And His Band Won The Grammy For Best Reggae Album In 2004. In 2006 Toots And The Maytals Covered Radiohead's "Let Down" For The Easy Star All-Stars Album Radiodread A Reggae Version Of The English Rock Band's OK Computer. Much Of Hibbert's Recorded Output Reflected His Mainstream Evangelical Christian Upbringing. He Was Known To Also Write About Rastafarian Themes As Well. He Could Play Every Instrument In His Band. After A Three-Year Hiatus Following Hibbert Receiving A Head Injury After Being Hit By A Thrown Bottle During A Performance At The 2013 River Rock Festival Toots And The Maytals Returned To The Stage In 2016 And Began Touring Again. On 25 July 2018 Hibbert Performed On The US Television Show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon With Toots And The Maytals Where They Debuted An Original Song Entitled "Marley" As Well As Performing Their Classic Hit Song "Funky Kingston" In A Live Performance.
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Toots Hibbert - It's A Shame Toots Hibbert - Love Attack Dean Fraser - Dick Tracy George Faith - To Be A Lover Have Mercy Toots And The Maytals - Time Tough Toots And The Maytals - I Gotta Woman George Faith - To Be A Lover Have Some Mercy Pressure Cooker - Oasis Al Brown - Here I Am Baby Come And Take Me The Mighty Diamonds - Got To Get Away The Mighty Diamonds - Let The Answer Be Yes Ken Boothe - Red Red Wine Ken Boothe - Second Chance Dean Fraser - Fisherman's Anthem Jimmy Cliff - Hold Tight Eye For An Eye Jimmy Cliff - It's Time Winston Francis - Fools Fall In Love Cynthia Schloss - As If I Didn't Know Cynthia Schloss - This Is Love Derrick Harriott - Some Guys Have All The Luck Keeling Beckford - Kiss Me Quick Keeling Beckford - That Girl Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae Delroy Wilson - Until It's Done Dennis Alcapone - Picture On The Wall Nicky Thomas - If I Had A Hammer Gregory Isaacs - Love Is Overdue Pressure Cooker - Long Run Hopeton Lewis - Grooving Out On Life The Soulettes - King Street The Maytones - As Long As You Love Me Dennis Brown - Save A Little Love For Me Nicky Thomas - Have A Little Faith Earl Sixteen - Gold Of Sheba Dennis Brown - Get Up Harry J Allstars - Je T'aime Ernest Ranglin - You Won't See Me Bob Marley & The Wailers - Do It Twice Barrington Spence - Contemplating Mind John Brown's Body - Rainbow Chariot Dorothy Reid - Lipstick On Your Collar Jackie Edwards - I Want A Love I Can See Ken Parker - I Can't Hide Barrington Spence - Ten Million Garbage Bags Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You The Heptones - We Are In The Mood Dave Barker - Prisoner Of Love Jackie Edwards - I Do Love You The Now Generation - Alone Again, Naturally
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Biography - Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert Born Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert In May Pen Parish Of Clarendon Jamaica On 10 December 1945 Died 11 September 2020 Was A Grammy Award Winning Jamaican Singer And Songwriter Remembered As The Leader For The Reggae And Ska Band Toots And The Maytals. His 1968 Song "Do The Reggay" Is Widely Credited As The Genesis Of The Name For Reggae Music. As The Youngest Of Seven Children Hibbert Grew Up Singing Gospel Music In A Church Choir But Went To Kingston When He Was A Teenager In The Early 1960s. In Kingston He Met Raleigh Gordon And Jerry Matthias And They Formed The Maytals. The Maytals Became One Of The Most Popular Vocal Groups In Jamaica In The 1960s Recording With Producers Coxsone Dodd Prince Buster Byron Lee And Leslie Kong. This Success Included Winning Jamaica's National Popular Song Contest Three Times With Songs Hibbert Wrote In 1966 With "Bam Bam" 1969 With "Sweet And Dandy" And 1972 With "Pomps & Pride". Hibbert Was One Of The First Artists To Use The Word Reggae In 1968's "Do The Reggay" An Early Reggae Song. He Also Appeared In The Groundbreaking Jamaican Film The Harder They Come. Toots Still Tours The World Today And His Band Won The Grammy For Best Reggae Album In 2004. In 2006 Toots And The Maytals Covered Radiohead's "Let Down" For The Easy Star All-Stars Album Radiodread A Reggae Version Of The English Rock Band's OK Computer. Much Of Hibbert's Recorded Output Reflected His Mainstream Evangelical Christian Upbringing. He Was Known To Also Write About Rastafarian Themes As Well. He Could Play Every Instrument In His Band. After A Three-Year Hiatus Following Hibbert Receiving A Head Injury After Being Hit By A Thrown Bottle During A Performance At The 2013 River Rock Festival Toots And The Maytals Returned To The Stage In 2016 And Began Touring Again. On 25 July 2018 Hibbert Performed On The US Television Show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon With Toots And The Maytals Where They Debuted An Original Song Entitled "Marley" As Well As Performing Their Classic Hit Song "Funky Kingston" In A Live Performance.
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