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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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1966

image Horace Hinds, later to change his name to Horace Andy first ever record, "Black Man's Country" was produced by Phil Prat in 1966

1966

image The Heptones debut single, "Gunmen Coming to Town" was released on Ken Lack's Caltone Records label in 1966

1966

image Vintage Poster: 1966 'The Sparkling Stage Show' featuring Derrick Harriott, The Techniques, The Maytals & more

1966

image Roy Shirley recorded "Hold Them" in 1966, which became the first 'one-drop' recording, providing the cornerstone of the rocksteady beat.

1966

image In 1966 Derrick Harriott started his own record sop in Kingston located at 125 King Street, where he started to distribute records for himself. Today he owns and operates a record shop in Twin Gates Plaza (Constant Spring Road) in K
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