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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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1964

image Vintage Poster: Ska-Ta-Rama in 1964 featuring Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson & The Maytals

1964

image The Wailers's first single, 'Simmer Down', reached Number 1 in Jamaica's JBC Radio Chart in January 1964.

1964

image In 1964 the best selling record in Jamaican music was Carlos Malcolm’s “Bonanza Ska”

1964

image Millie Small, best known for her cover 1964 "My Boy Lollipop"

1963

image Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd opened Studio One studio at 13 Brentford Road, one of the most endowed studios in Kingston Jamaica in 1963. Artistes who have recorded at Studio One include: The Skatalites, The Ethiopians, Bob Marley and the
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