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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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1970

image In 1970 Hopeton Lewis won the Festival Song Competition with the hit song, "Boom Shaka-Laka" on the Treasure Isles Label.

1970

image When Junior Byles (King Chubby) left The Versatiles in 1970 he recorded his first solo single for Lee Scratch Perry entitled 'What's the World Coming To?'

1970

image The Melodians recorded their biggest hit, "Rivers of Babylon" (1970) for Leslie Kong. This song became an anthem of the Rastafarian movement, and was featured on the soundtrack for the movie, The Harder They Come. It was later cover

1970

image In 1970, Jackie Mittoo's song "Peanie Wallie" was versioned by The Wailers, becoming the hit "Duppy Conqueror"
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