Full chronology

The Wailing Souls released their 1978 album 'Wild Suspense' internationally for Island Records which featured 'Feel the Spirit' and 'Bredda Gravalicious'.

In 1978, at the age of 16, Hugh Mundell recorded the album Africa Must Be Free By 1983, produced by Augustus Pablo- Mundell writing all the songs. It included two Black Ark-recorded titles: "Let's All Unite" and "Why Do Black Man Fuss & Fight", both supervised and mixed by Lee Perry. The album received five stars from Rolling Stone magazine and was included in Tom Moon's 2008 book, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. He was a major influence on Junior Reid, who was three years younger- Mundell was the first to record Reid.

Photo Memory: Junior Murvin, Jacob Miller and Burning Spear ( Sunsplash 1979) http://www.jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Junior_Murvin http://www.jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Jacob_Miller http://www.jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Burning_Spear

In 1979, Janet Kay's "Silly Games" (produced by Dennis Bovell) became a hit in not only the UK, but also in Europe. Kay has been recorded in the Guinness Book of Records, as the first British black female to have a reggae song at the top of the UK charts. In fact, "Silly Games" got to the Number 2 position in the UK Singles Chart.

Bob Marley's 1979 hit 'One Drop' was named after the musical term defined by the sound of a drum pattern that emphasized the bass drum dropping at the 3rd count of the 4/4 signature beat. This sound is generally said to define the sound of reggae.

Barry Brown's first hit single came with 1979's "Step It Up Youthman", which led to an album of the same name on Paradise Records.

Errol Dunkley experienced his biggest success, the breakthrough UK Singles Chart hit in 1979 with "OK Fred", a cover version of a John Holt-penned song, that reached number 11.

Out This Week (Album): Reggae Anthology: Barrington Levy "Sweet Reggae Music" (1979-84) Filled with certified classics from beginning to end, this 40-track double disc collection covers the early years of Barrington Levy's astonishing career in chronological order. View his profile here:https://www.jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Barrington_Levy

UB40's first gig took place on 9 February 1979 at The Hare & Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham for a friend's birthday party. (The plaque commemorating UB40's first performance)

Bob Marley and Jacob Miller (1980)

Bob Marley in Italy (1980)

Photo Memory: Young Stephen Marley in 1980 (http://www.jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Stephen_Marley)

Singer Bob Marley made history during the One Love Peace Concert at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. During a performance by Marley and his group the Wailers, the reggae singer joined the hands of political arch-rivals prime minister Michael Manley (of the People’s National Party) and Edward Seaga (of the Jamaican Labour Party) at a time where tensions between the parties and their supporters had reached their peak. Seaga became the fifth prime minister of Jamaica in 1980.

Barrington Levy released his album Robin Hood in 1980 via Greensleeves.

Peter Tosh played Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg on September 4, 1980. Here is the concert review from the Winnipeg Free Press, published September 5, 1980. https://www.jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Peter_Tosh

Vintage Photo: Junior Delgado and Dennis Brown in London (1980) View their profiles here: http://jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Junior_Delgado http://jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Dennis_Brown

Photo Moment: Bob Marley & Eddy Grant's Reggae Football Teams, 1980

Brigadier Jerry recorded for Studio One in the early 1980s before having his first hits with "Pain". He cut a new version of the Slim Smith riddim "Never Let Go," and retitled "Pain" on the Answer Riddim for producer Delroy Stansbury on the Jwyanza label in 1982. It was a major hit, rocketing to the top of the Jamaican charts.

In 1980, Sheila Hylton recorded an adaptation of the Police hit, `The Bed's Too Big Without You' with Jamaica's Riddim Twins, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare working alongside Harry Johnson. The recording proved an instant favourite and marked her second foray into the UK Pop charts.

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