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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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1980

image Photo Moment: Bob Marley & Eddy Grant's Reggae Football Teams, 1980

1980

image Brigadier Jerry recorded for Studio One in the early 1980s before having his first hits with "Pain". He cut a new version of the Slim Smith riddim "Never Let Go," and retitled "Pain" on the Answer Riddim for producer Delroy Stansbur

1980

image In 1980, Sheila Hylton recorded an adaptation of the Police hit, `The Bed's Too Big Without You' with Jamaica's Riddim Twins, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare working alongside Harry Johnson. The recording proved an instant favourite

1980

image NOW AVAILABLE: VP Records offers arguably one of the most historical and genre-comprehensive box sets selected by Edward Seaga, the former Jamaican Prime Minister (1980-1989). Entitled Reggae Golden Jubilee – Origins of Jamaican M
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