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, 1962 12:00 am
Beverley Record's Leslie Kong produced Jimmy Cliff's first hit "Miss Jamaica" in 1962
SHARE / Jun 15, 1961 12:00 am
Derrick Morgan would receive his biggest hit ever with his 1961 song ‘Housewife’s Choice’. The Leslie Kong production was originally called "You Don't Know", and was later retitled "Housewives’ Choice" by a local DJ. The son
SHARE / Jun 15, 1961 12:00 am
Vintage Flashback: Byron Lee appeared on the cover of the Jamaican weekly magazine SWING in 1961
SHARE / Jun 15, 1961 12:00 am
Alton Ellis' first song "Muriel" was recorded on a one track machine at Federal Studio (approximately 1961)
SHARE / Jun 15, 1961 12:00 am
Clancy Eccles had a Jamaican hit in 1961 with the early ska song "Freedom". It was one of the first Jamaican songs with socially-oriented lyrics. The song became the first Jamaican hit to be used for political purposes.
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