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This timeline shows an interactive journey through Jamaica's rich and ever-shifting musical history; encompassing it's birth, growth and myriad of characters that has made it a genre admired by the world.

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1972

image In 1972, Bunny Wailer formed his own Solomonic label, releasing "Search For Love" as his first single.

1972

image Dobby Dobson's 1972 cover of "That Wonderful Sound" was a smash right across the Caribbean, the best-selling single of its time.

1971

image “Psalms of Dub,” originally “Not Responsible” by Carlton Patterson and Leroy Brown, is rumored to the be the first dub track King Tubby (founder of Dub music) ever released in 1971.

1971

image Eric Donaldson's 1971 hit 'Cherry Oh Baby' was famously covered by The Rolling Stones. It appears on their 1976 Black and Blue album

1971

image Barry Biggs saw his first Jamaican chart hit with 'One Bad Apple' a track recorded at Lee's Dynamic Sound studio in 1971
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