Amy Winehouse’s massively influential 2006 album BACK TO BLACK featured a reggae-tinted cover of Sam Cooke’s 1960 song “Cupid”.Read more
Reggae rock band Sublime recorded their debut album “40oz to Freedom” by sneaking into Cali State University’s recording studio as it was it closing, then recording all night & sneaking out in the morning before it opened.Read more
Pop-reggae band UB40’s 1983 hit song “Red, Red Wine” was originally written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1967.Read more
Curiously, reggae rocker Peter Tosh is one of the only humans to have an emoji based on his likeness, which is itself quite curious: “Man in Business Suit Levitating” Unicode: U+1F574Read more
The reason many reggae artists have dreadlocks is rooted in a bible verse, Leviticus 21:5, which says, “They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in the flesh.”Read more
Jamaican Reggae & Ska developed as a result of American record labels dumping overstock 50s & 60s Rhythm & Blues albums onto the island — and because Jamaicans with newly available radios could pick up stations in New Orleans & Florida.Read more
In 1988, Reggae icon Toots Hibbert made a Grammy-winning album of Memphis Soul covers called “Toots in Memphis”.Read more
