TIMELINE EXPLORE OUR HISTORY
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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SHARE / Jun 15, 1967 12:00 am
"The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt, originally performed by the Jamaican group The Paragons, with John Holt as lead singer. It was rediscovered in 1980, when it became a US/UK number one hit for the American band
SHARE / Jun 15, 1967 12:00 am
In 1967 Derrick Harriott produced "Stop That Train" with Keith and Tex which was later made popular by Peter Tosh's version of the track
SHARE / Jun 15, 1967 12:00 am
Ken Boothe achieved his biggest hit in 1967 with the single "Puppet On A String" produced by Sir Coxsone Dodd (Studio 1)
SHARE / Jun 15, 1967 12:00 am
Desmond Dekker's scored his first real hit with "007 (Shanty Town)" in 1967. The song established Dekker as a rude boy icon and he also became an established hero in the United Kingdom's mod scene. The song was a Top 15 hit in the U
SHARE / Jun 15, 1967 12:00 am
Hopeton Lewis sang the first 'herb' song ever recorded in Jamaica, "Cool Collie" (1967).
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