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Tosh

1987-09-07

Tosh (Jamaican reggae/R&B singer Tosh Alexander) is a Jamaican musician born in Jamaica.

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  1. 1963

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    Winston McIntosh Becomes Peter Tosh: The Wailers Take Shape in Trench Town, 1963

    Raised by an aunt in Westmoreland and drawn to Kingston’s sound-system culture, Winston Hubert McIntosh joins Bob Marley and Bunny Livingston under Joe Higgs’s mango tree. By 1963 the Teenagers are the Wailers — a trio whose harmonies, militant lyrics and Studio One sides will reshape Jamaican music.

  2. 1964

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    ‘Simmer Down’: Five Trench Town Teenagers Walk Into Studio One and Leave as The Wailers

    Coached by Joe Higgs under a mango tree on Second Street, Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite and Beverley Kelso record ‘Simmer Down’ for Coxsone Dodd with the Skatalites behind them. By February 1964 it is No. 1 in Jamaica — a warning to the rude boys, sung by a boy from the government yard.

  3. 1974

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    Tosh and Bunny Walk: The Wailers Split and Peter Tosh Goes Solo, 1974

    After Lee Perry’s ‘Catch a Fire’ sides and the Island Records deal that reshaped the group around Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer quit the Wailers in 1974. Tosh keeps the militant fire — cutting for Perry, opening his own label and preparing the solo statement that becomes ‘Legalize It.’

  4. 1976

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    ‘Legalize It’: Peter Tosh Signs to CBS, Plants Ganja on the Cover and Goes Global, 1976

    Two years after leaving the Wailers, Peter Tosh delivers his CBS debut — an album whose title track became a rallying cry for marijuana legalisation and whose cover photograph showed him tending a cannabis field. Produced with Joe Gibbs and backed by Sly & Robbie, ‘Legalize It’ announces the Stepping Razor as a solo force.

  5. 1977

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    ‘Equal Rights’: Peter Tosh Demands Justice for the African Diaspora, 1977

    One year after ‘Legalize It,’ Peter Tosh sharpens the blade. ‘Equal Rights’ pairs the title anthem with ‘African,’ ‘Downpresser Man’ and ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ — the Wailers song he co-wrote — in a set AllMusic calls one of the best reggae albums ever made. Militant, biblical and unbowed.

  6. 1978

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    ‘Bush Doctor’: Peter Tosh Joins Rolling Stones Records and Mick Jagger Sings on ‘(You Gotta Walk) Don’t Look Back,’ 1978

    After two CBS albums, Peter Tosh moves to the Rolling Stones’ own label. ‘Bush Doctor’ pairs roots anthems with a duet featuring Mick Jagger, opens doors on American television and fixes Tosh in the rock-and-reggae crossover the 1970s had been waiting for.

  7. 1983

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    ‘Mama Africa’: Peter Tosh Returns to His Roots on EMI, 1983

    Five years after ‘Bush Doctor,’ Peter Tosh delivers a love letter to the continent. ‘Mama Africa’ pairs the title anthem with ‘Not Gonna Give It Up’ and a cover of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ — a set that finds the Stepping Razor looking homeward while the dancehall era gathers speed in Kingston.

  8. 1987

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    ‘No Nuclear War’: Peter Tosh’s Final Album Wins the Grammy for Best Reggae Recording, 1987

    Released months before his death, ‘No Nuclear War’ is Peter Tosh’s last studio statement — a plea against atomic weapons and apartheid that won the Grammy for Best Reggae Recording at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards. The Stepping Razor’s final bow came with the Recording Academy’s highest reggae honour.

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