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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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1963

image Today, January 31st marks the memorial of one of Jamaican music greats, King Stitt. King Stitt was one of the first to create a deejay recording and was dub 'King of Deejays' in 1963! http://jamaicansmusic.com/artists/profile/Kin

1963

image Producer Leslie Kong cut Desmond Dekker's debut single "Honor Your Father and Mother" in 1963 which went on to top the Jamaican charts.

1963

image Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston with Beverly Kelso. (Four of the members of the 1963 group which also consisted of Junior Braithwaite and Cherry Smith known variously as The Teenagers, The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing

1962

image Bob Marley recorded his first song in Kingston entitled 'Judge Not' recorded by legendary reggae producer Leslie Kong (Beverley's Record) in 1962

1962

image Owen Gray's first hit was "Darling Patricia" produced by Lesley Kong (Beverley Records) in 1962.
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